March 24, 2022 | Brought to you by WIA | Preview in Browser About Resources Connect (X) Public safety, first responders rely on mobile wireless networks WIA – First responders rely on wireless broadband as they rush to the front lines for fires, crime scenes, and disasters and need mobile connectivity on site to protect themselves and the public. Wireless broadband like 5G can turn an ambulance into a mobile emergency room during that “golden hour,” saving lives and preventing disabilities. Read More Sponsored Content Bidding for 2.5 GHz auction to begin July 29 Inside Towers – FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel recently said the next auction of mid-band spectrum would start in July and now we know the date — July 29. The agency says that’s when bidding will begin for about 8,000 2.5 GHz licenses for 5G services. Read More WIA applauds advancement of Next Generation Telecommunications Act WIA – The Wireless Infrastructure Association applauded the advancement of S.3014, which would establish the Next Generation Telecommunications Council, from the Senate Commerce Committee. Read More Hughes wins $18M private 5G contract with U.S. Navy Fierce Wireless – Hughes Network Systems secured an $18 million contract today from the Department of Defense (DoD) to deploy a standalone 5G network at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state with spectrum provided by Dish Wireless. Read More Verizon to provide 5G Ultra Wideband service to more cities this year Verizon – Agreements to gain early access to additional C-band spectrum means more customers will have access to 5G Ultra Wideband service in more places this year, including the major population centers Atlanta, Denver, Baltimore and Washington DC. Read More Cellnex finds taker for 3,200 French towers Mobile World Live – Infrastructure player Cellnex Telecom reached an agreement to divest more than 3,200 sites in France to Phoenix Tower International (PTI) and its JV partner, a deal which fulfills conditions imposed as part of an acquisition of Altice Europe’s tower business in the country in 2021. Read More New tower company takes public-safety-centric approach to commercial wireless Urgent Communications – Public Safety Towers Company (PSTC), enters the competitive wireless-infrastructure space while promising to take a public-safety-centric approach in an effort to find synergies between government-owned assets and commercial-carrier needs. Read More FCC tackles pole attachments but Carr thinks it can go further Fierce Telecom – Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr urged the agency to take additional steps to streamline broadband deployments as it began a rulemaking process aimed at alleviating pole attachment issues plaguing rollouts. Read More T-Mobile infuses 5G into BMW’s cars through Magenta Drive agreement Inside Towers – BMW and T-Mobile claim the first 5G connected cars are coming to America’s shores in two of BMW’s high-end electric cars, the iX and i4, powered by T-Mobile. Read More ICYMI • Resilient networks are redundant networks • WIA selected as industry intermediary for Ohio State University’s Broadband and 5G Sector Partnership with the Ohio Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation • WIA celebrates noteworthy women in wireless infrastructure • WIA announces upcoming departure of President and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Adelstein Upcoming Events • South Wireless Summit, March 28-30, Nashville • Wireless West, April 26-28, 2022, San Diego • Connect (X), May 23-26, 2022, Denver • Mobile World Congress Americas, September 28-30, Las Vegas Training & Education Center • DAS & Small Cell Systems eLearning • Macro Site Fundamentals eLearning    This newsletter is brought to you by the Wireless Infrastructure Association. Click here to subscribe. For information or association membership, email membership@wia.org To advertise, email Ashley.Jackson@wia.org or Jan.Smith@wia.org. For information on Connect (X) email Hayley.Dodds@wia.org For information on Training and Education, email Emily.Swain@wia.org Click here to see past issues.