5G/C-Band growth shifts to customer satisfaction, revenue “We already have changed our strategy in ’23, so the deployment of our C-band [midband spectrum] is based on customer satisfaction and on revenue generation,” Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg said Monday at an investor event. “Even though we’re going to cover almost all the population [with C-band], that is […]
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Better data, better quality: How drones are revolutionizing US Cellular’s tower maintenance By J. Sharpe Smith, Contributing Editor According to a speaker at a recent NATE conference, data provided by drones is helping carriers increase their quality control, and tower maintenance companies are getting a report card judging their work on the tower. “I’m a
BIG TOWER DEAL for Vertical Bridge Worth $3.3B to Verizon Communications Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vertical Bridge, a DigitalBridge Group (NYSE: DBRG) portfolio company, announced this morning they have reached a definitive agreement where Vertical Bridge will obtain exclusive rights to lease, manage, and operate 6,339 wireless communication towers across the U.S. from
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Wondering about 6G “which Fierce reminds y’all is still six years away”? 6G Requires 5G SA Core “Operators, you’ll remember, have been crying about the costs to implement 5G SA for a couple of years. Carrier executives have already told Fierce that they don’t want the same kind of capital expenditure burden for 6G,
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Broadband Permitting Paper Published for ISPs and Governments With permitting requirements on the minds of many service providers and state and local governments embarking on BEAD-funded projects, some in the industry have felt the need for more collaboration, planning, and guidance. A collaborative telecom industry partnership resulted in a newly released paper titled “Permitting Success:
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In-Building Wireless Market Accelerates at 10% CAGR to Reach US$ 113 Billion by 2034: Fact.MR Report Rising Demand for Smart and Intelligent Buildings Widening Scope for In-Building Wireless Solution Providers. A market report published by fact.mr has forecast the in-building wireless sector market valuation to grow from $43.6B in 2024 to $113B by the
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Mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer, according to a major review of 28 years of research A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organization and is published today in the journal Environment
Colorado’s Legislature wants to kill mountain dead zones It’s an experience familiar to most Colorado drivers: You’re heading into a beautiful canyon or up a windy mountain pass when your cell phone bars suddenly drop to zero. On a smooth trip, you might not even notice. But in the case of an accident, those dead
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Fiber Buildout to Face Worker Shortages The massive funding being infused into broadband networks by the U.S. and state governments will create an “extraordinary” amount of engineering and construction activity, disrupting the fiber deployment labor market, according to a nationwide study by Continuum Capital, an independent consulting firm. The demand created by the funding will
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Been thinking about starting your own business? Isn’t owning your business the “American Dream.” There’s no time like the present. The US Census Bureau just released a report characterizing business owners without employees. For instance, Women owned 42.1% (12.0 million) of the nation’s 28.5 million non-employer businesses (businesses without paid employees) and had $365.2 billion
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