Skip to main content

Cathy Piche addresses wireless industry's growth at New York State Wireless Association conference

Source Decision Insights Record Published November 11, 2025 Companies 2
Human View Machine View

2 companies named across 8 categories, one of 4 articles referencing Crown Castle. Previous coverage: OpenAI partners with G42 to build AI data center in Abu Dhabi - June 5, 2025 (Jun 2025).

Companies mentioned

Best suited for

Decision stage
How to start
Adoption curve
Early Majority

Our classification, not the publisher's statement. Best suited for, not only for.

Cathy Piche, chair of the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) and executive vice president and COO at Crown Castle, addressed key developments in the wireless industry during a keynote delivered at the New York State Wireless Association conference at the Times Center.

Piche highlighted the long-standing importance of wireless communication, linking it back to historical milestones such as the New York Police Department becoming the first police department licensed to use wireless spectrum in 1920. She noted that today, approximately 85% of 9-1-1 calls are made from mobile devices, underscoring the critical role of wireless networks in ensuring public safety.

Discussing current trends, Piche cited a significant increase in mobile data usage, with Americans utilizing 132 trillion megabytes in 2024, which she equated to streaming 44 billion HD movies. She attributed this surge primarily to video consumption on platforms such as Netflix and TikTok, alongside the rise of user-generated content and the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, which will demand more bandwidth and reduced latency.

Piche outlined essential elements for the future of the industry, including the need for infrastructure development. The U.S. currently supports over 155,000 wireless towers, with carriers investing more than $32 billion in wireless networks in the past year. This level of investment is expected to increase as the industry faces rising demand, particularly with the anticipated rollout of fixed wireless access in underserved areas.

Several dynamics were identified as critical for future growth. These include the development of new spectrum regulations, federal funding for broadband initiatives, the advancement of edge computing, and the broader implications of AI integration into networks. Piche emphasized the necessity for telecom infrastructure to adapt as services move closer to end-users to maintain acceptable latency and data processing speeds.

In conclusion, Piche acknowledged the challenges facing the wireless sector, including data demand and regulatory issues, while expressing optimism regarding the industry's ability to meet these obstacles through innovation and investment.

Press release, originally published by wiaadmin at wia.org.

Mentions

Structured data (JSON-LD)

The schema.org markup this page publishes for search engines and AI agents, exactly as they read it.

[
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website",
    "@type": "WebSite",
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "potentialAction": {
      "@type": "SearchAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://decisioninsights.ai/search/?q={search_term_string}&submit=1"
      }
    },
    "publisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "contactPoint": {
      "@type": "ContactPoint",
      "contactType": "customer support",
      "email": "[email protected]"
    },
    "description": "Decision Insights is a Registry of technology companies, open source projects, and industry terms, built for people and for AI agents that need sourced, structured information.",
    "logo": {
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "url": "https://wiretap-cdn-assets.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/decision-insights/[email protected]"
    },
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "parentOrganization": {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Wiretap Labs",
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiretap-labs",
        "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wiretap-labs"
      ],
      "url": "https://wiretaplabs.com"
    },
    "publishingPrinciples": "https://decisioninsights.ai/standards/",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/company/decisioninsights"
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
    "itemListElement": [
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai",
        "name": "Decision Insights",
        "position": 1
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/records/",
        "name": "Records",
        "position": 2
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/cathy-piche-addresses-wireless-industrys-growth-at-new-york-state-wireless-association-conference/",
        "name": "Cathy Piche addresses wireless industry's growth at New York State Wireless Association conference",
        "position": 3
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/cathy-piche-addresses-wireless-industrys-growth-at-new-york-state-wireless-association-conference/#blogposting",
    "@type": "NewsArticle",
    "about": {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Wireless Infrastructure Association"
    },
    "articleSection": [
      "Artificial Intelligence",
      "Data Center",
      "Network Operator"
    ],
    "audience": [
      {
        "@type": "Audience",
        "additionalType": "Adoption curve",
        "audienceType": "Early Majority"
      }
    ],
    "author": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-signals/#person",
      "@type": "Person",
      "name": "Decision Insights Record",
      "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-signals/"
    },
    "dateModified": "2026-08-23T14:18:34-06:00",
    "datePublished": "2025-11-11T11:29:03-07:00",
    "description": "Cathy Piche outlines the growth of mobile data usage and future industry demands at the New York State Wireless Association event.",
    "headline": "Cathy Piche addresses wireless industry's growth at New York State Wireless Association conference",
    "isBasedOn": {
      "@type": "CreativeWork",
      "author": {
        "@type": "Person",
        "name": "wiaadmin"
      },
      "sourceOrganization": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "Wireless Infrastructure Association"
      },
      "url": "https://wia.org/wia-board-chair-cathy-piche-delivers-keynote-at-new-york-state-wireless-association-conference/"
    },
    "keywords": [
      "Edge",
      "Industry",
      "Investment",
      "Latency",
      "Wireless"
    ],
    "mainEntityOfPage": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/cathy-piche-addresses-wireless-industrys-growth-at-new-york-state-wireless-association-conference/",
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "sdDatePublished": "2026-08-23",
      "sdPublisher": {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
      }
    },
    "mentions": [
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/crown-castle/#organization",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/crown-castle/",
        "name": "Crown Castle"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/hd/#organization",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/hd/",
        "name": "HD"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    }
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-signals/#person",
    "@type": "Person",
    "description": "Press releases and independent analyst research, structured into concise summaries for research and monitoring. Produced under our Standards & Methodology.",
    "name": "Decision Insights Record",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/decisioninsights/"
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-signals/"
  }
]

Is this your company? Get structured data for your own pages