Most in the communications business know Crown Castle as a “mobile tower” company, which it is. Crown Castle owns 40,000 cellular towers. But Crown Castle also owns or has rights to use 17,000 route miles of optical fiber, a network Crown Castle says supports small cell deployments.
Crown Castle also is acquiring FPL FiberNet Holdings, adding another 11,500 route miles of fiber installed and under construction in Florida and Texas, including 6,000 route miles of fiber in top metro markets.
After the acquisition, Crown Castle will own or have rights to approximately 28,500 route miles of fiber.
“The addition of FiberNet’s complementary footprint in top metro markets in South Florida and Texas bolsters our fiber available for small cells in markets where we see significant demand from our wireless carrier customers,” said Jay Brown, Crown Castle’s Chief Executive Officer.
That language speaks to the opportunity Crown Castle sees in developing and operating small cell infrastructure.
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