Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 — 5G Wireless Infrastructure and Municipal Rights-of-Way

See “In A Debate Over Municipal Rights-Of-Way, Industry and Public Representatives Attempt to Find A Path Forward,” Broadband Breakfast, December 15, 2020

Our newest series is “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G,” which will explore the policy, technology and practical questions about 5G. They include what’s real and what’s hype, trusted partners, transformative apps in the enterprise, wireless infrastructure facilities, and continued modernization of the nation’s spectrum policies.

Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 12 Noon ET — “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G: Wireless Infrastructure, Municipal Rights-of-Way and the 5G Rural Fund”

• To realize the promise of 5G, far more base stations — wireless infrastructure facilities — will be necessary. 5G facilities and towers may not be as big as in previous generations of wireless technology. Still, the need for far more facilities has already created tensions with municipalities over rights-of-way. How can these conflicts be minimized? What are smart cities already doing to expedite wireless infrastructure deployment? Can the process be improved? Additionally, how will the FCC’s Rural Fund for 5G affect deployment?

Panelists include:

• Tim Vogel, Senior Managing Associate General Counsel, Verizon Wireless
• Gerard Lederer, Partner, Best Best & Krieger
• Angelina Panettieri, Legislative Director, Technology and Communications, National League of Cities
• John Howes, Counsel, Government Affairs, WIA
• Drew Clark (Moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

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Tim Vogel is Senior Managing Associate General Counsel at Verizon, where he advises the Verizon Global Network & Technology organization and assists in the development of Verizon’s legal strategy on a wide range of network and related issues, including access to public rights-of-way, poles, and other infrastructure for the deployment of Verizon’s fiber, 5G and small-cell network facilities. Before joining Verizon, Tim supported communications network and technology organizations as part of the MCI and UUNET legal departments.

Gerard Lederer advocates against preemption of local public and private property owners rights in state and federal legislative bodies and before corresponding regulatory agencies. He is a registered federal lobbyist and has both public and private sector advocacy experience protecting local rights of way when dealing with cable, small cell, broadband and telecommunications franchising and renewals. Gerry is also one of the nation’s leading authorities on marketplace solutions for deployment of small cells and other wireless technologies, including municipal broadband and WiFi services.

Angelina Panettieri is Legislative Director, Technology and Communications for the National League of Cities, which represents the nation’s 19,000 cities, towns, and villages. Angelina manages telecommunications and technology issues for NLC on Capitol Hill, the FCC and other federal agencies. Prior to serving in this role, Angelina worked in grassroots advocacy and public affairs for a variety of Washington, DC-based associations. Angelina holds a bachelor’s degree in government and a master’s in public administration from George Mason University.

John Howes is Government Affairs Counsel for the Wireless Infrastructure Association and previously interned at WIA during law school. He is responsible for policy development, strategy, and legal analysis on issues affecting the wireless infrastructure industry, as well as advocating for WIA’s positions before policy makers at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress, and the Executive Branch. Before returning to WIA, John worked for over four years at the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), leading policy development and advocacy on telecommunications and media issues such as net neutrality, spectrum, broadband deployment, media mergers, video programming, satellite, and over-the-top communications (OTT).

This event is part of a six-part event series, “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G,” on Broadband Breakfast Live Online.

A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G’ is sponsored by:

Events in “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G” include:

• Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 12 Noon ET — “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G: The Hype and the Reality of 5G”
  • This opening panel will set the stage for Broadband Breakfast Live Online’s consideration of the policy, technology and practical questions around the 5G wireless standard. What is 5G, and why is there so much buzz about it? How much of an improvement is it over prior generations of wireless? In other words: What is real, and what is hype? How the issues of trusted partners, rights-of-way deployment, and spectrum policy interact? Where is 5G seeing early successes, and what are the stumbling blocks?”
• Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 12 Noon ET — “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G: National Security and Trusted Partners”
  • This panel will consider the global landscape for the 5G equipment ecosystem. It will consider issues in core networks, radio access networks and in handset equipment. How has the global landscape changed? Will 5G benefit from – or suffer because of – a new Cold War with China? How are American companies reacting to federal government initiatives for trusted partners? Where can the U.S. turn for solutions and alternatives to Chinese manufacturers?
• Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 12 Noon ET — “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G: A Case Study of Transformative Apps in the Enterprise”
  • 5G is seeing its first real successes in the enterprise marketplace. To glimpse the future more accurately, Broadband Breakfast Live Online will consider case studies of applications in enterprise environments. What technologies and processes bring 5G success to the business marketplace? What needs to happen to bring 5G successes to the consumer marketplace?
• Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 12 Noon ET — “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G: Wireless Infrastructure, Municipal Rights-of-Way and the 5G Rural Fund”
  • To realize the promise of 5G, far more base stations — wireless infrastructure facilities — will be necessary. 5G facilities and towers may not be as big as in previous generations of wireless technology. Still, the need for far more facilities has already created tensions with municipalities over rights-of-way. How can these conflicts be minimized? What are smart cities already doing to expedite wireless infrastructure deployment? Can the process be improved?
• Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 12 Noon ET — “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G: The Adoption and Use of 5G Broadband”
  • What are some of the likely drivers of 5G equipment and services? How have existing consumer use cases been received? Are there 5G use cases that could help close the digital divide by elevating broadband utilization among communities of color and low-income populations? What can we expect from 5G technology in 2021?
• Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 12 Noon ET — “A No-Nonsense Guide to 5G: Spectrum Policies to Advance Better Broadband”
  • More than simply the next generation of wireless technology, 5G deployments make use of radio frequencies from an extremely wide range. For example, some 5G deployment are using mid-band spectrum between 3.4 GigaHertz (GHz) and 6 GHz. But 5G networks also promise tap into spectrum between 24 GHz and 100 GHz. It deploys these millimeter bands using network slicing and other advanced wireless tools. What new spectrum policies are necessary for 5G to flourish?

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