As wireless operators push forward with aggressive 5G roll-out plans, they will need a workforce that understands how to deploy increasingly complex network technologies, according to the Wireless Infrastructure Association.
WIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein said during a Wireless Connect event at the University of Maryland that the wireless industry is receiving broad government support across federal agencies to support network preparation and investment to prepare for 5G, and that more than 20 states have either passed small cell-related legislation to ease deployment, or have such rules in the works. But those changes in regulation to help speed up deployment can only come to fruition if the workforce exists to get equipment deployed.
