Chairwoman Rosenworcel Appoints WIA’s CTO Dr. Rikin Thakker to the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council

ARLINGTON, Va. – WIA is pleased to announce Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s appointment of Chief Technology Officer Dr. Rikin Thakker to the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council (TAC), where he will work alongside other leading technology experts to aid the Commission in identifying areas of innovation and developing informed technology policies. “I am honored by the opportunity to

Chairwoman Rosenworcel Appoints WIA’s EVP Tim House to the FCC’s Telecommunications Interagency Working Group

ARLINGTON, Va. – WIA is pleased to announce that our Executive Vice President, Tim House, has been appointed to the FCC’s Telecommunications Interagency Working Group (Working Group) by Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. The Working Group, created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and comprised of representatives appointed by the FCC, Department of Labor, Department of

Industry Responds to Transportation’s Latest 5G Delay

Wireless operators AT&T and Verizon have agreed to voluntarily delay deployments of certain radios that will operate in the C-Band (frequencies between 3.7-3.98 GHz) near airports to January 19, 2022, giving aviation regulators two additional weeks to evaluate potential interference between C-Band operations and older radio altimeters.  The mobile operators have already voluntarily delayed C-Band

New Study Finds Tower Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Play an Important Role in the Digital Economy

A new study conducted by Professor Timothy Riddiough at the University of Wisconsin and sponsored by Nareit, finds that tower REITs are an important part of the growing digital economy; a broad range of qualitative and quantitative evidence supports a conclusion that towers are intrinsically real estate; and that tower REITs operate in both a