BROWSING: ConnectX

WIA CEO: 'towers are as just important for 5G as anything else' While moderating a panel at this year’s Connect(X) virtual conference event, WIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein remarked that in a world consumed with 5G, it’s important to remember that towers are just...

Listed to the podcast here WIA’s premier industry conference, Connect (X), is going virtual this year. Connect (X): All Access will be held May 19, with a Small and Diverse Business Summit May 20-21. All virtual. All free. WIA’s President and CEO, Jonathan Adelstein, is this...

In a panel discussion at the recent ConnectX event, executives from private tower companies weighed the potential impacts of the proposed merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint on network infrastructure. With T-Mobile US having outlined plans to decommission as many as 35,000 towers --...

ConnectX talk delves into NASCAR's unique IT challenges CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Just a few hundred yards from the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Steve Worling gave the audience at the Connectivity Expo an insider's view of the racing organization's network and IT infrastructure. Worling, managing director for information technology...

O'Rielly focused on finding more mid-band spectrum to open up CHARLOTTE, N.C.--In a discussion that was likely music to the industry's ears, Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O'Rielly spoke of FCC priorities that include opening up more spectrum for wireless services and continuing to look at...

The lines are blurring between commercial LTE networks operated by mobile carriers, and the network options available to private enterprises. Until recently, enterprises were unable to use LTE for their private wireless networks because LTE requires licensed spectrum. Today, however, new spectrum sharing technologies and...