This article is adapted from the white paper Wireless Infrastructure as the Foundation of Smart Cities and Communities by the WIA Innovation & Technology Council, May 2018. Authors include: Jim Lockwood, Aero Solutions; Don Bach, Boingo Wireless; Bernard Borghei, Vertical Bridge; Bryan Darr, Mosaik; Ray Hild, Triangle Advisory Group; Rebecca Hunter, Crown Castle; Keith Kaczmarek, inPhase Wireless; Ray La Chance, ZenFi; Jim Nevelle, Kathrein; Peter Murray, Dense Networks; Sam Rodriguez, Aero Smart Communities. For more information about, and to download, the white paper, please visit https://wia.org/wp-content/uploads/WIA_SmartCities-web-new.pdf.