Vincent Orange, president and CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, penned an op-ed in the Washington Business Journal stating “the robust development of revolutionary 5G networks throughout the city is well overdue.” Orange highlighted the benefits of small cells, ranging from public safety improvements to increased speeds. Orange noted that, “Working with city staff and neighborhoods, wireless carriers’ services will be improved by small cells while keeping our city’s character intact.” He concluded by urging the D.C. Department of Transportation to accelerate approval of guidelines that will enable deployment of small cells across the District.
Speaker backs rural broadband proposal
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston announced that he "supports a plan to fund rural broadband by sticking a new tax on e-books, steaming services and other digital goods while lowering an existing tax on traditional services such as landlines and cable TV." In a statement discuss...
America desperately needs fiber internet, and the tech giants won’t save us
In a conversation on fiber with Recode’s Peter Kafka and Harvard Law School professor Susan Crawford, Crawford "explained why nationwide access to high-speed fiber internet — already standard in parts of Asia and Europe — is important for everything from the future of work t...
CES 2019: Las Vegas and Los Angeles see 5G as a game changer for smart cities
Speaking at a roundtable, AT&T VP of IoT and GM of Smart Cities Mike Zeto said "smart cities deployments are already moving from the original focus on getting infrastructure deployed to now concentrating on more citizen-focused applications." Zeto focused on how 5G is needed for s...
Big Cable’s ‘10G’ campaign betrays a fear of wireless 5G
At CES 2019, the NCTA and other cable groups announced a new 10G initiative. Unlike 5G, the 10G branding "isn’t referring to a generational count, but rather the kind of network that the various global cable groups are hoping to achieve: 10 gigabits." Michael Powell, the pre...
City Council votes to approve 5G in city limits
Sioux Falls "will be one of the first in cities South Dakota – and possibly among the first in the nation – to roll out 5G technology." Verizon Wireless has been given the go-ahead from city council to install "small cell technology" on poles and parks around the city....
Manteca city leaders ponder agreement for small cell towers
The city council in Manteca, CA, is considering approving a "master pole agreement for wireless providers to install cells sites on city property." The agreement "establishes a streamlined encroachment permit process. It also establishes policies for controlling location, aestheti...