UPDATE On Tuesday, Jennifer Fritzsche of Greenhill moderated a panel comprising executives from DigitalBridge, Mox Networks, Uniti Fiber, and Verizon Partner Solutions who tackled the topic: “How can we accelerate 10G to the tower nationwide?” With data traffic projected to double every two to three years from increasing mobile data-intensive use cases, there is a growing need for higher capacity backhaul to the tower. The common 1 Gbps fiber backhaul connection is sufficient capacity for current usage. A 10 Gbps connection would provide growth capacity but also requires updates in the network core to support the higher volume of diverse data traffic from each tower. The panel concluded that a collaborative effort is needed among MNOs, fiber companies and tower operators to facilitate network wide 10G implementation.
The Wednesday program featured an opening keynote address from April McClain-Delaney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). She underscored the need for digital infrastructure expansion nationwide as a way to close the digital divide and to enhance America’s international competitiveness, and how the U.S. government funding is enabling that expansion. McClain-Delaney highlighted the various available digital infrastructure funding programs, and the U.S $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, as Inside Towers reported. She encouraged the audience to take advantage of those funding programs as a way to facilitate widespread broadband deployment. Continue Reading |
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