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Smartlink, a provider of wireless infrastructure asset inventory and management, network services, network real estate and IT staffing, today announced a substantial minority investment from McCarthy Capital Fund VII. McCarthy Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, manages more than $1 billion of investment capital across its portfolio of companies and specializes in… Continue »
WISPA hailed fixed wireless providers role in recently released FCC data that the digital divide is closing. People living in areas without access to terrestrial fixed broadband fell to 14.5 million, a 46 percent decrease from the end of 2016. “The digital divide is a real and lingering challenge,” Louis Peraertz, VP of policy for… Continue »
That is the title of Bill Gates’ 2006 Scientific American op-ed. As much of a visionary as he is, even he couldn’t imagine what the robots of the IoT would really be. In this missive, he described the future as one more resembling that of the Jetsons1. But wireless has come a long way since… Continue »
High single-digit and low double-digit growth now are found in different places than towers and fiber. Nevertheless, towers sustain respectable growth, while fiber continues to be super-competitive. The way tower companies have been built is with a historic view that they have to dominate that one space, according to Marc Ganzi, CEO of Digital… Continue »
The communications contractor industry is set to hire at least 12,000 additional workers, most of them in the next year, according to the 2020 Employer Workforce Survey, conducted by NATE: the Communications Contractor Industry Association. Dr. Gemma Frock, who serves at NATE’s workforce consultant, presented the findings of the survey, which is a part of… Continue »
Dish Network and Crown Castle today announced a long-term agreement through which Crown Castle will lease Dish space on up to 20,000 cell towers. As part of the agreement, Dish will receive certain fiber transport services and also have the option to use Crown Castle for pre-construction services. The agreement encompasses leases on towers located… Continue »
