mr. adelstein, what is this wireless infrastructure association? mr. adelstein: we represent the companies that build, own, and maintain the nation's wireless networks. we are the people that have all the equipment that is behind your smartphone. when you see your smartphone, how well it works, you cannot imagine how much equipment is behind it. everybody sees the cell towers, but there is a lot more that goes into it. fiber that connects those towers and the small cells that supplement the towers and all of the equipment that makes it possible. so we represent that whole wireless ecosystem. peter: who are some of the companies that you represent? at&t, verizon, american tower, crown tower, vertical range, companies like that. some you have heard of, some you have not the ones you see, the equivalent, the cell towers, when you go down the street, but you may not know the company's. soldon and at&t have towers to other companies that have become major powers in their own right. peter: are your companies the same companies that will be building out the 5-

mr. adelstein: that is exactly right. it is smaller in terms of the radius. -- usuallyells cover it is for capacity. we have a towers up but we have covered pretty much the whole country. that is like your overhead light in the room. you will want a few lamps to make sure that you have what you're and what -- have what you need. they tend to be more expensive than towers per megabit. to get the same coverage you are paying a lot more for small cells. they need more for the same coverage. you might need eight or 10 to get the same coverage of the tower. going to have these small cells, the size of a dinner plate or a pizza box -- on the sides of buildings, on street poles? mr. adelstein: we will put them pretty much everywhere. inside the buildings, outside the buildings. on existing poles, utility poles or light poles. on street furniture like bus stops. on the sides of buildings. there are a lot of sites and it will potentially grow from there into the millions by the time we get deeper into 5g. we are talking about a lo

mr. adelstein is interviewed by bloomberg news tech reporter todd shields. todd: i am interested in the 5g. a lot people are. what are the benefits of 5g? mr. adelstein: you have smart cities where you can do any services online, you know where to park, traffic will be improved. the benefits go on and on for consumers, to the overall connecteding that are and growing faster, if we get it right. >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> today, the american institute of certified public accountants holds a conference in washington on changes to the national audit manuals and cyber security fears live coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> good afternoon. let's get this level appropriate.

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mr. adelstein is interviewed by bloomberg tech reporter todd shields. todd: i am interested in 5g. .lot of people are why should people be interested? mr. adelstein: you will know where to park, traffic will be improved, the benefits go on and monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2.

mr. adelstein what is this wireless infrastructure? >> guest: we represent a company that builds owns and maintains the nation's wireless networks. we are the people that have all of the equipment behind your smartphones and when you see how well it works you can imagine how much work is behind it. everybody seen the cell towers but there's a lot more that goes into it. a fiber that connects those towers and the small cells that supplement the towers and all of the equipment that makes it possible so we represent the that whole wireless ecosystem. >> host: who are some of the companies represent? >> guest: you may have heard of at&t, verizon and sba communications, vertical bridge. some you effort up and some you haven't. the ones you have seen are quite meant the cell towers as you're going down this treat, are at&t members verizon and t-mobile sold their towers and some of the other equipment to other companies that have become major powers in their own right. s&p 500 tech companies. >> host: are your companies the same companies tha

mr. adelstein, what is this wireless infrastructure association? >> guest: well, we represent the companies that build, own and maintain the nation's wireless networks. we're the people that have all the equipment that's behind your smartphone. you see how well it works, you can't imagine how much commitment's behind it -- equipment's behind it. fiber that connects towers and small cells that supplement the towers and all of the equipment that makes it possible. we represent that whole wireless ecosystem. >> host: who are some of the companies that you represent? >> guest: you may have heard of a at&t, verizon and t-mobile, a vertical bridge, companies like that. some you've heard of, 1078 you haven't. but ones you've seen their equipment, the cell towers as going down the street. in fact, our at&t members often -- and verizon and t-mobile sold their towers and some of their equipment to other companies that have become major powers in their own right, s&p 500 type companies. >> host: now, are your companies the same companies that will be building

mr. adelstein is interviewed by bloomberg news tech and telecom reporter todd shields. >> so i'm interestedthe 5g, of course, i think a lot of people probably are. we hear about it. why do we care? what are we going to do with all this speed we're going to get as it builds out? you have censors, smart cities where you can do all your services online. you'll know where to park, traffic will be improved. i mean, the benefits go on and on from consumers from their individual device working better to the overall society being better connected to the overall economy growing faster if we get it right. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> this week booktv is in prime time. starting tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern. keith gaddy talks about his book, the rise and fall of voting rights act rights. tuesday night from the freedom fest debate, is faith compatible with reason. wednesday at 8 p.m., michael eric dyson with his book, "what truth sounds like." thursday at 8 p.m., microsoft president brad smith with "the future computed: artificial intelligence and its role in soc