Chicago Wins Connected City Award

"Mobilitie's confidence in Chicago is a testament to our commitment to investing in our residents and our businesses in every neighborhood," Mayor Emanuel said. "As a global city, Chicago is on the forefront of a rapidly changing economy and together we will provide our businesses with the certainty and the capability to compete in the 21^st century."

"Mobilitie's partnership with the City of Chicago has facilitated millions of dollars in private investment in the City's infrastructure, bringing enhanced wireless connectivity to all residents, visitors and businesses, including investments in traditionally underserved neighborhoods. We look forward to continuing to partner with the City of Chicago as it is a national leader in driving technology advances that facilitate public and private use-cases, and defines what it means to be a Connected City," said Christos Karmis, CEO of Mobilitie.   

The small cell infrastructure that Mobilitie is deploying utilizes City of Chicago street lights and utility poles to blend into the cityscape, and are facilitated through a detailed city permitting process.   

"The City of Chicago staff has shown an outstanding commitment to facilitating the rapid deployment of small cell sites that dramatically improve wireless coverage capacity to pave the way for the 5G wireless broadband necessary to support Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Our partnership with Mayor Emanuel's forward-thinking staff has led to more seamless coverage and capacity for ubiquitous connectivity throughout the City to support mobile commerce and data streaming," said Karmis.    

Mobilitie's partnership with Chicago will continue in 2018 with additional investment in best-in-class wireless infrastructure.  This public-private partnership has helped accelerate investments in leading-edge technology to help solidify Chicago's place as one of the world's leading cities.

About Mobilitie
Mobilitie is the largest privately held telecommunications infrastructure company in the United States, and a global provider of complete wireless solutions. Mobilitie funds, deploys and operates next-generation infrastructure including small cells, communication towers, indoor and outdoor neutral host DAS networks, and Wi-Fi networks.  Mobilitie partners with cities and municipalities across the country to deploy next generation small cell sites and other infrastructure that provides local residents with enhanced mobile connectivity and wireless broadband access through high-density wireless infrastructure designed to enable the richest, most interactive mobile experience. Mobilitie is headquartered in Newport Beach, California, and has regional offices across the United States and internationally. To learn more about Mobilitie's wireless coverage solutions, visit www.mobilitie.com.

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