During last week’s Future of Wireless Connectivity, Innovation and Investment breakfast briefing hosted by the Greater Baltimore Committee, Crown Castle government relations manager Richard Rothrock participated, noting Crown Castle “has already deployed between 600 and 650 small cells in Baltimore.” He added that “small cell tech can be attached to existing light or utility poles already erected in an area, providing greater connectivity in densely populated areas.”
Small Cell Forum Publishes a Guide to Provide Better Indoor Cellular Coverage
Small Cell Forum announced its board for 2021, which includes Crown Castle’s Mark Reudink. The SCF’s work plan for the next year includes two key areas of diversification in the small cell ecosystem – alternative deployment models such as neutral hosting and private networks,...
Small Cell Forum Publishes a Guide to Provide Better Indoor Cellular Coverage
The Small Cell Forum, whose members include Crown Castle employees, published "Options for Indoor Cellular" to help building owners and users understand how to resolve poor and sub-standard cellular connectivity on their premises. "Consumers expect reliable mobile service - whether outdoors, i...
UD to build antenna on Laird Campus to replace communications equipment atop Christiana Towers
The University of Delaware is planning to build a radio tower on Laird Campus to replace the communications infrastructure currently mounted atop the University’s Christiana Towers. Crown Castle will build the new tower, which will accommodate equipment for emergency services communicati...
Private 5G Networks Enable Enterprise Digital Transformation
5G Americas, the wireless industry trade association and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas, announced the publication of a whitepaper titled 5G Technologies in Private Networks. The paper highlights the role of private networks in the 5G era in creating new enterprise opportunities. Crown C...
Crown CEO: Future points to blend of small cells, fiber
Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown spoke at the company’s third-quarter conference call, where he stressed the importance of mmWave and its reliance on small cell technology. "Because of its RF characteristics, millimeter wave spectrum provides significantly more capacity, but over a fraction of...
Crown Castle Positioned for Carrier Network Expansion
Crown Castle believes it is poised to meet the increasing mobile network operators’ mobile data demands through its fiber, tower and small cell infrastructure assets. The demand increased because of MNO’s spectrum holdings, densifying the networks with small cells, and the availabi...