Apr 24, 2019 Xcel Energy’s Ed Bieging on How Utilities Can Help Accelerate 5G Network Buildouts Hundreds of thousands of new small cell sites are expected to be needed to support 5G and the revolutionary services it will enable — from connected vehicles to the internet of things. This densification effort will require close cooperation among wireless carriers, infrastructure providers and cities as network equipment reaches deeper into communities at a WIA Blog
Apr 23, 2019 WIA Welcomes Grant Seiffert to Lead Workforce Development Team April 23, 2019Contact: Amy-Gabrielle Bartolac, Public Affairs Manager703-621-0527Amy-Gabrielle.Bartolac@wia.org ARLINGTON, Va. – The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) announced that Grant Seiffert has joined WIA as Vice President of Workforce Development and Executive Director of Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program (TIRAP). “We are excited that Grant has joined the WIA team to help implement our vision of News, WIA Press Releases
Apr 17, 2019 Microsoft’s Shelley McKinley on Wireless Technology’s Role in Spanning the Rural Broadband Divide Terrestrial fixed wireless technologies can and should be playing a greater role in closing the broadband divide, according to technology giant Microsoft, which is focused on bringing broadband access to 3 million unserved Americans living in rural communities through its Airband Initiative. Millions of Americans today do not have access to high-speed broadband, leading to WIA Blog
Apr 17, 2019 CTI Towers and Flash Technology Announce Tower Light Agreement CTI Towers Inc, one of the largest privately-held tower companies in the United States, announced it has entered into an agreement for obstruction lighting services with Flash Technology, a global leader in aids-to-navigation solutions. The agreement was finalized this week at the Wireless West Conference in Scottsdale, AZ. Under the nationwide agreement, Flash will provide obstruction light installation, Members in the News
Apr 16, 2019 Graybar Announces Leadership Changes ST. LOUIS, April 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, has announced the election of Randall R. Harwood to Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer and Scott S. Clifford to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2019. Harwood currently serves as Graybar’s Members in the News
Apr 16, 2019 Winncom Technologies and 9Dot Announce Global Distribution Agreement SOLON, Ohio, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Winncom Technologies, one of the leading worldwide broadband and wireless distributors, and 9Dot, provider of innovative solutions for injection and protection of power over ethernet systems, have just signed a global distribution agreement that will make 9Dot’s portfolio of solutions available to over 10,000 customers around the world. Members in the News