Verizon installs 5G in Denver in special ‘smart poles’

버라이즌은 컴텍 테크놀로지의 스마트 가로등을 4G 및 5G 스몰셀 장비 기지국으로 사용할 계획으로 알려짐

이를 위해 버라이즌은 컴텍 테크놀로지와 계약을 맺고 덴버를 비롯한 콜로라도 인근 지역에 350개의 가로등을 설치하고 올해 말까지 미 전역에 1,000여개를 설치할 계획

The Boulder, Colorado-based company Comptek Technologies has designed stand-alone poles to house wireless small cell equipment that is completely hidden within the poles. The City of Denver has approved the design of these Comptek City Poles, and Verizon is now deploying them in Denver for 4G and 5G small cell equipment.

In addition to Verizon, Comptek is also working in different parts of the country with all the other major wireless carriers either directly or through their deployment partners. For instance, Comptek is working closely with its customer Xcel Energy, which has an eight-state footprint. Xcel is helping carriers to deploy their small cells on the utility’s existing vertical infrastructure. And in some cases, Xcel is taking down existing light poles and replacing them with Comptek poles that combine small cell equipment along with a streetlight.

The company has a national agreement with Verizon. Besides Denver, Comptek is working with Verizon in other cities including Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio; Anaheim, San Diego and Los Angeles, California; as well as Salt Lake City. In the Denver/Front Range area, the company has about 350 poles under contract. And across the U.S. it’s got contracts to erect about 1,000 poles by the end of 2019.