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Your Wireless Connection
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Connect (X) – Like our industry, Chicago has a history of invention and innovation – from the world’s first skyscraper to the first all-color TV station. In fact, the first call ever made over a commercial cellular network happened right here in Chicago in 1983. The call was made using a Motorola DynaTAC 8000 phone and answered by Ameritech’s Wireless President, Bob Barnett, on a car phone in the parking lot of Soldier Field. Barnett then made a second call all the way across the Atlantic that was answered by the great-grandson of Alexander Graham Bell in Germany. Pretty incredible. That was the launch of 1G, over forty years ago. Things have certainly changed a lot since then. Read More
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Light Reading – Verizon’s chief network officer, Lynn Cox, said the operator will focus on things like AI and 5G RedCap as the operator puts the finishing touches on its initial deployment of midband C-band spectrum. Read More
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Fierce Network – Spectrum and the lack thereof for U.S. mobile network operators (MNOs) were two “front and center” topics during a main general session panel during WIA’s Connect (X) conference in Chicago. Read More
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Inside Towers – WIA’s Connect (X) 2025 closed Wednesday in Chicago after a flurry of activities, opinions, discussions and networking opportunities involving over 3,500 participants in the wireless infrastructure community. Read More
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Inside Towers – A house budget reconciliation draft calls for the FCC’s spectrum auction authority to be restored until September 30, 2034, and identifies at least 600 megahertz of spectrum for federal, non-federal or shared use to be reallocated. Read More
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Fierce Network – See what leaders from across the communications infrastructure ecosystem had to say at WIA’s Connect (X) conference this week in Chicago. Read More
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Connect (X) – Several companies, including sponsors, exhibitors and members, announced news during WIA’s Connect (X) conference this week in Chicago. Check out their press releases here.
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ICYMI
Innovation & Technology Council
In-Building Forum
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Upcoming Events
State Wireless Association Events
| | | • | California Wireless Association NorCal Golf Tournament, May 22, Napa, CA | | • | New York State Wireless Association Golf Tournament, May 22, Altamont, NY | | • | Carolinas Wireless Association Golf & Learn, June 10, Charlotte | | • | New Jersey Wireless Association Annual Golf Outing, June 10, Monroe Township, N.J. | | |
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