ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,339, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ubicquia Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Streetlight-based telecommunications system and support unit for use therein" was invented by Joerg Christian Lehnich (Nehmten, Germany) and Steve Paul Wines (Marlow, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telecommunications (telecom) system providing communications for remote cellular transceivers includes a core network and at least one telecom support unit mounted to a respective structure and providing communications connectivity between the cellular transceivers and the core network. The telecom support unit includes a housing, a powerline ...