Crown Castle

CCI

Market cap $37.8B

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HOUSTON, Jan. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE: CCI) ("Crown Castle") today announced that DISH Wireless (“DISH”) has defaulted on its payment obligations to Crown Castle, causing Crown Castle to terminate its wireless infrastructure agreement with DISH.  Statement by Crown Castle: “Crown Castle and many other American businesses helped DISH and its parent company, EchoStar, build its wireless communications network with the expectation that it would provide a meaningful service to Americans and help the U.S. continue to lead in wireless.

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U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record highs in the Christmas-shortened trading week, buoyed by surprisingly solid GDP data, positive holiday spending trends, and a pullback in global interest rates. The delayed GDP report released this week showed a modest reacceleration in U.S. economic growth in the third-quarter to the strongest pace in two years alongside a cooler-than-expected inflation reading. Precious metals stole the show. Gold, silver, and platinum extended a historic rally fueled by a combination of easing rates, central-bank buying, end-market demand, and investor appetite for hard assets.

Crown Castle (CCI) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

CCI is positioned to benefit from rising wireless data demand, long-term carrier leases and a solid balance sheet supporting network expansion.

U.S. equity markets posted mixed performance as surprisingly cool inflation data and soft employment data were tempered by a hawkish pushback from Fed officials and skeptics clinging to inflation fears. The critical CPI report showed inflation easing to four-year lows, a heavily criticized report that may, ironically, be the most accurate inflation reading in several years due to collection limitations. The report "zeroed out" shelter inflation due to incomplete collection, combined with an antiquated and lagged sampling methodology, effectively "correcting" its data by removing the most persistent source of distortion.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Arium Networks (the “Company”), the planned successor to Crown Castle's Small Cell Solutions business, is pleased to announce its new brand identity and the appointment of Laurent “LT” Therivel as incoming Chief Executive Officer. At launch, Arium Networks will serve as a leading builder and operator of digital infrastructure, specializing in the deployment of small cell, in-building and venue-based networks that enhance essential wireless connectivity. After t.