Dec 21, 2022 Wireless Industry Urges States to Allow Maximum Flexibility in Choosing Broadband Technologies for BEAD Grants ARLINGTON, Va. – Today, leading organizations representing the wireless industry sent letters to broadband offices in all US states and territories, urging them to allow for maximum flexibility in choosing the right mix of broadband technologies to meet their policy goals with Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funds. Under the BEAD Notice of Funding News
Dec 20, 2022 Fixed Wireless Access (FWA): A Competitive and Growing Broadband TechnologyBy Dr. Rikin Thakker Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) was thrust into the limelight in 2022 by a boom in subscriber growth across the country. The top two wireless providers added an incredible 900,000 new US subscribers in Q3 alone, and Ericsson estimates in their recently-published Mobility Report that there were more than 100 million FWA connections globally at the end of 2022. WIA Blog
Dec 14, 2022 Experiential training makes military veterans an ideal fit for wireless workforceBy Kristen Beckman In its ongoing quest to build its workforce to meet the growing demand for broadband connectivity, the wireless infrastructure industry has discovered a great talent pool: military veterans. Veterans are rightly viewed as an ideal fit for the types of jobs that take them to the tops of towers and into varied terrain in all WIA Blog
Dec 6, 2022 WIA Selects Deb Bennett as New Vice President of Apprenticeship ARLINGTON, Va. – The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) today announced that Deb Bennett has been hired as the new Vice President of Apprenticeship for WIA’s growing Workforce Solutions group. In this role, Deb will continue her work with the Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program (TIRAP), which she has supported as a contractor with WIA since News, WIA Press Releases
Dec 2, 2022 Matt Mandel, Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, to Depart WIA ARLINGTON, Va. – After nearly eight years of service to the association and a solid record of policy achievements, Matt Mandel, Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, will be leaving the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) effective today. “Matt has been an incredible asset to WIA and to the entire wireless industry,” said WIA News, WIA Press Releases