Jul 14, 2021 How the wireless infrastructure industry is preparing for 5G workforce needs By Kristen Beckman 5G will change jobs. Not only will the technology create thousands of jobs to build out the networks that will support 5G, but applications enabled by 5G will also change millions of jobs across industries and around the world. A Connect (X): All Access panel, “Getting Ready for 5G: Preparing a Skilled Workforce for Future Wireless Networks,” explored the WIA Blog
Jul 12, 2021 Flexibility needed to fund infrastructure bills, Adelstein testifiesBy Tracy Ford Congress should give itself flexibility to bring broadband services to more people, much like then-Vice President Joe Biden told the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to give itself “freaking flexibility” in its 2009 plan to bring broadband to more communities, WIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein told the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband. The hearing, chaired by Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Ranking Member Sen. WIA Blog
Jul 6, 2021 Altaeros Completes Customer Acceptance Testing of New SuperTower JULY 6, 2021: Today, USA-based aerial platform innovator, Altaeros, announced the successful completion of Customer Acceptance Testing its new SuperTower™ product, ST-Flex™. ST-Flex is a portable, rapidly deployable SuperTower designed to simplify and accelerate network deployments for rural connectivity, disaster response, industrial IoT, and many other critical applications. ST-Flex will enable wireless communication providers to seamlessly Members in the News
Jun 30, 2021 DOL Awards Apprenticeship Center of Excellence to Safal Partners, Consortium including WIA The Department of Labor announced that it has awarded $7 million to a consortium of organizations led by Houston’s SAFAL Partners, which includes WIA, to develop a registered apprenticeship Center of Excellence in support of Strategic Partnerships and System Alignment. The award was one of four cooperative agreements DOL awarded to establish Registered Apprenticeship Technical News, WIA Press Releases
Jun 27, 2021 Adelstein Calls for Congress to Include Wireless Broadband in Infrastructure Package WIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein testified before the Senate Commerce Committee in a hearing, “Building Resilient Networks,” on June 22, 2021. During the hearing, Adelstein said, “A flexible, all-of-the-above approach — deploying fiber, fixed and mobile wireless — will best achieve all Congressional broadband and climate change goals.” His full testimony is below. A News, WIA Press Releases
Jun 25, 2021 Pennsylvania Enacts Small Cell Legislation to Promote Wireless Broadband ARLINGTON, Va. – Pennsylvania enacts small cell legislation to promote wireless broadband. “WIA commends Pennsylvania for enacting small cell legislation as the nation races to 5G. The legislation modernizes and streamlines Pennsylvania’s rules for small cell deployment and lays the groundwork needed for jobs, economic growth, public safety, telemedicine, and distance learning across the state,” News, WIA Press Releases