--- title: REIT Supported Wireless Infrastructure description: Wireless infrastructure plays a crucial role in how businesses, citizens and governments operate in today’s mobile-first world. These networks are critical to everything from education and business to public safety and health care. Wireless networks in the U.S. delivered 42.7 petabytes of data every day in 2016, a figure expected to grow to 200.5 petabytes […] image: https://go.wia.org/hubfs/Connect%20X/FINAL_Wireless-Infrastructure-Industry-Study-5-23-2017_Page_01-300x400.jpg --- [![WIA](https://go.wia.org/hubfs/Connect%20X%20Email/Image/wia_logo-1.png)](https://wia.org/) - [News](https://wia.org/category/news-content/wia-press-releases/) - [Membership](https://wia.org/membership/) - [Frequency Coordination](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/) - [News](https://wia.org/category/news-content/wia-press-releases/) - [Membership](https://wia.org/membership/) - [Frequency Coordination](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/) ##### Navigation - [Home](https://wia.org/) - [About WIA](https://wia.org/about/) - [About WIA](https://wia.org/about/) - [Mission](https://wia.org/about/mission/) - [Board of Directors](https://wia.org/about/board-of-directors/) - [Staff](https://wia.org/staff/) - [Advocacy](https://wia.org/advocacy/) - [Advocacy Overview](https://wia.org/advocacy/) - [Advocacy Issues](https://wia.org/advocacy/advocacy-issues/) - [WIA Federal Filings](https://wia.org/advocacy/wia-federal-filings/) - [Advocacy Resources](https://wia.org/advocacy/advocacy-resources/) - [Advocacy Contacts](https://wia.org/advocacy/advocacy-contacts/) - [Frequency Coordination](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/) - [Frequency Coordination Services Overview](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/) - [Fee Calculator](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/fee-calculator/) - [Welcome to WIA’s License\*Link Online™](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/license-link/) - [Frequency Coordination FAQ](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/frequency-coordination-faqs/) - [Process Overview](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/process-overview/) - [FCC Forms](http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html) - [Fee Schedule](https://wia.org/frequency-coordination/fee-schedule/) - [Events](https://wia.org/events/) - [Industry Initiatives](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/) - [Industry Initiatives Overview](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/) - [Innovation & Technology Council](https://wia.org/innovation-technology-council-itc/) - [Education and Training](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/education/) - [HetNet Forum](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/the-hetnet-forum/) - [TIRAP](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/tirap/) - [Women’s Wireless Leadership Forum](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/wwlf/) - [Infrastructure Developers Forum (IDF)](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/idf/) - [State Wireless Association Program (SWAP)](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/swap/) - [City Networks Task Force](https://wia.org/industry-initiatives/city-networks-task-force/) - [Membership](https://wia.org/membership/) - [Join the Wireless Infrastructure Association](https://wia.org/membership/join-wia-the-wireless-infrastructure-association/) - [Member Benefits](https://wia.org/membership/member-benefits/) - [Current Members](https://wia.org/members/) - [WIA Members Only Access](https://wia.org/membership/wia-members-only-login-page/) - [Search WIA.org](https://wia.org/search/) - [Resource Library](https://wia.org/resource-library/) - [WIA Blog](https://wia.org/blog/) # Resource Library [Homepage](https://wia.org/) / [Resource Library](https://go.wia.org/resource-library) / REIT Supported Wireless Infrastructure The Wireless Infrastructure Association regularly publishes white papers covering a variety of topics – from new technologies to potential regulatory issues – in order to inform WIA members, the wireless industry, the public, and lawmakers on the federal , state and local levels. # REIT Supported Wireless Infrastructure Wireless infrastructure plays a crucial role in how businesses, citizens and governments operate in today’s mobile-first world. These networks are critical to everything from education and business to public safety and health care. Wireless networks in the U.S. delivered 42.7 petabytes of data every day in 2016, a figure expected to grow to 200.5 petabytes per day by 2020. 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