Jan 11, 2022 WIA Applauds the Senate Confirmation of Alan Davidson as Head of NTIA ARLINGTON, Va. – Please attribute the following statement to WIA President and CEO, Jonathan Adelstein. “I applaud the Senate for its bipartisan vote to confirm Alan Davidson as head of NTIA, and congratulate Mr. Davidson on this remarkable honor. It was urgent to get him approved quickly given all that NTIA has on its plate, News, WIA Press Releases
Jan 10, 2022 Reflections and predictions: The wireless industry talks about 2022 trendsBy Kristen Beckman The past two years have fundamentally re-shaped how people around the world learn, work and live. Amid the challenges of the nearly two-year-old COVID-19 pandemic, wireless infrastructure has proven to be essential to allowing life, education and business to continue in new ways. The wireless infrastructure industry’s crucial role in keeping people around the world WIA Blog
Jan 5, 2022 Industry Responds to Transportation’s Latest 5G DelayBy Stephen Keegan 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 WIA Blog
Dec 21, 2021 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 Members in the News, News, Research and White Papers
Dec 15, 2021 WIA Congratulates Alan Davidson on the Advancement of His Nomination as Head of NTIA ARLINGTON, Va. – Please attribute the following statement to WIA President and CEO, Jonathan Adelstein. “I congratulate Alan Davidson on the advancement of his nomination from the Senate Commerce Committee. Knowing Alan for over two decades, he has consistently displayed good judgement, deep background in telecommunications and technology, and has performed with outstanding dedication and News, WIA Press Releases
Dec 8, 2021 New Tilson Report Finds Vastly Differing Levels of Readiness Among States to Implement Federal Broadband Grant Funds ARLINGTON, Va. – In a new report commissioned by WIA, Tilson analyzes all U.S. state preparations to implement unprecedented broadband infrastructure funding, finding vastly differing levels of readiness and widely varying approaches. In its analysis, Tilson identified 12 U.S. states and territories with no proposed or enacted legislation to create broadband grant programs to implement broadband funding News, WIA Press Releases