To meet the demand for 5G, telecommunications companies are erecting hundreds of thousands of small cell towers—often two towers per streetlight. Many cities are adopting innovative strategies to not only manage this “tsunami” but are municipalizing and re-purposing their street lights, converting them from “must pays” (liabilities) to new “revenue sources." This session will address these competing priorities: creating resilient, critical “intelligent infrastructure;” ensuring healthy radiofrequency radiation levels; generating millions in new revenue; installing/leasing excess city fiber optics for cash; leasing streetlights as transmitter sites; improving traffic signal coordination; setting aesthetic standards; futureproofing with fiber optics; smart city strategic planning; creating your very own municipal and public 5G network via Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) technology; recovering 100% of your costs; obtaining virtually 100% grant funds for everything!
 
Learning Objectives

After attending this session, participants will be better able to:

  1. Explain how to repurpose their existing infrastructure—including traffic signals and utility-owned street lighting—and convert them from “cost causers” to new revenue sources.
  2. Position their agency for a "smart" future—and develop new standards and public policies to better manage concerns such as neighborhood aesthetics and reduce the visual clutter of “Frankenpoles.”
  3. Acquire the skills to compare, design, and implement new telecommunications, transportation, utility, and traffic management techniques—and avoid common mistakes due to the “tidal wave” of technologies.

Contributor/Source

David Zelenok;George Wentz;Tim Jonasson

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