The Future is Now: 5G & Small Cell Deployment Castle Pines, CO City Council September 1, 2020 Beth Cooley, CTIA CTIA Represents the Wireless Industry Members include wireless carriers, device manufacturers, suppliers and app companies
2 Wireless in Colorado
• 81,500 Jobs The number of jobs the industry supports in For decades, the evolution of Colorado communications technology has laid the foundation for broad economic • $8.3 Billion The amount the growth across the United States industry generates for the GDP benefitting towns and cities large in Colorado and small. — Accenture Strategy • 5.9 Million The number of January 2017 wireless subscriber connections in Colorado
3 Demand for Mobile Data Continues to Grow 96x more mobile data was used in 2019 than in 2010
Mobile Data Download (Megabytes)
To put this in perspective, 37.1 trillion MB of data is 37.06 trillion MB 2019 equivalent to the entire population of Chicago watching ‘The Last Dance’ 1,660 times each.
4 5G is the Answer to Consumers’ Growing Data Usage 4G made networks faster and our lives easier; 5G will be a massive leap
UP TO 5x 100x 100x MORE RESPONSIVE FASTER MORE DEVICES CONNECTED
5 5G Economic Benefits and Wireless Network Investment Improving communities across America, from small towns to big cities
3M $500B $275B $160B NEW JOBS CONTRIBUTION NEW WIRELESS SMART CITY BENEFITS TO GDP INVESTMENT AND SAVINGS
“How 5G Can Help Municipalities Become Vibrant Smart Cities,” Accenture Strategy, Jan 12, 2017, available at: 6 https://newsroom.accenture.com/content/1101/files/Accenture_5G-Municipalities-Become-Smart-Cities.pdf 5G Economic Benefits: Colorado
Castle Pines • 100 jobs created • $9 million in estimated network investment • $16 million in estimated GDP growth
7 5G Connecting Everything SMART COMMUNITIES
CONSUMER IoT
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INDUSTRIAL IoT 8 Consumer and Industrial IoT
Healthcare Public Safety 5G will enable remote patient 5G will enable life-saving care services and could generate technologies for cities and first $305 billion in healthcare cost responders. A 60-improvement in savings every year. first responder response times translates to a reduction of 8% in mortality.
9 Smart Communities and Autonomous Vehicles
Smart Grids Autonomous Vehicles 5G allows the energy grid to be 5G will ensure self-driving cars more accurately monitored, reduce emissions by up to 90 improving management, reducing percent, cut travel time by 40 costs, and adding $1.8 trillion in percent, save 22,000 lives revenue to the U.S. economy. annually, and save $450 billion annually in transportation costs.
10 Providers Bringing 5G to U.S. Communities 5G launched nationwide, covering more than 200 million Americans
11 The Infrastructure of 5G Enhanced coverage, growing demand for wireless, and new 5G networks require all types of wireless infrastructure.
Cell Tower Rooftop Cell Site Monopole Cell Site Small Cells Common along Common in urban areas Common in suburban Typically placed on highways areas existing structures
12 Small Cells
• New Opportunities Network can now be extended on common structures like municipal street lights and utility poles
• ~800K Estimated number of small cells deployed by 2026
13 Small Cell Benefits Increased capacity and reduced congestion
Today, small cells are being deployed that complement existing cell towers by densifying wireless networks. This deployment provides the additional capacity and reduces congestion to accommodate the growing demand for mobile data.
14 Small Cells
15 Small Cells
16 New Networks, New Rules
• Reasonable Access. Improved access to municipal facilities and rights of way Cities and towns which are first to • Reduced Costs. Reasonable facilitate the wireless infrastructure cost-based fees for new 5G evolution will see the greatest deployments benefit. — Accenture Strategy • Modernized Procedures. January 2017 Improved timelines and more uniform standards
17 State Small Cell Legislative Activity
18 Enacted small cell legislation Beth Cooley Assistant Vice President, State Legislative Affairs