On this episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson discusses the tower toolkit with Verizon Wireless PMTS maintenance engineer, Dennis McColl. We talk hotel base stations, DAS and small cell networks, VoLTE, as well as how Dennis helped put murderers behind bars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiiOpZpH9Y4
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Forgery puts Byrd Telecom in hot water
One would think that having tower climbers die while under your company's employment would be tragic and arguably shameful enough. But lying and committing forgery under oath in regard to the incident? That's exactly what Byrd Telecom did. The Louisiana-based company...
A new report has been released in regard to the tragic death of a tower technician in July 2014. Here's a quick summation of the incident, courtesy of the report:
The crew had already replaced 2 of the 3 antenna arrays and was in the process...
Cell Tower News is brought to you by the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE).
On this episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson discusses the state of the wireless ecosystem, delves into the mysteries of dark fiber and gets an insider's perspective on backhaul...
A man is reportedly in stable condition after falling from a cell tower in Summit Park, West Virginia. Officials with Harrison County EMS say the man suffered a head injury and was airlifted to a local hospital.
This is not the first cell tower related...
Tower climber spots missing kids
Not only are tower climbers connecting the world with their efforts, they are now helping find missing children. Last week in Hamilton County, Tenn., Corey Fitzpatrick was installing equipment on a tower atop Mowbray Mountain when he spotted two children who...
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This week on Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson focuses on the climbers. He talks with multiple veterans of the industry to see what it's like to be a tower climber.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2ynxqPgm1g
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LAS VEGAS —Theft and vandalism to cell towers is a growing strain on our mobile networks. At CTIA Super Mobility 2015, 3M and Sprint are debuting a quick, cost-effective fix they created after a vandal caused 300 Sprint customers to lose service in Little...
The number of U.S. tower climber deaths this year is down sharply from last year. Two climber deaths have been reported in Texas, one from a communications tower and one from a water tower. That compares to 10 climber deaths last year and 14...
A fall has claimed the life of another tower climber. Police say a man fell to his death while fixing an antenna atop a water tower in Brownsville, Texas. Authorities responded to the scene and found 21-year-old Pedro Samuel Salazar on the ground.
Salazar, who...
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On this episode of Cell Tower News, RCR Wireless News Editor and Production Manager Joey Jackson is joined by Todd Schlekeway, Executive Director of the National Association of Tower Erectors to...
The South Korean telco has so far deployed 30,000 units of 2.1 GHz base stations
South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom is looking to deploy 5,000 additional base stations by the end of the year in support of the firm’s tri-band carrier aggregation service, the...
RCR Wireless News' weekly video shows touch on towers, IoT, 5G, NFV and SDN
On this episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson talks with Trey Nemeth, VP of Operations for Stealth Concealment, about the growing concealed tower market. Towers are increasingly taking root...
Fatal fire call to 911 delayed, blamed on cell towers
This week a fatal fire broke out in Forestdale, Ala. While deadly fires aren't a unique phenomenon, unfortunately, blaming the fatality on the cell tower is somewhat less common. According to Forestdale Fire Chief Don...
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In this edition of Cell Tower News, Host Joey Jackson talks with Trey Nemeth, VP of operations for stealth concealment, about the growing concealed tower market.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP8vZCUtTRY
As cellular technology becomes pervasive...
August 19 was the inaugural episode of Cell Tower News with host Joey Jackson, editor and production manager for RCR Wireless News. On this episode, site acquisition, towersource.com, and related topics are discussed by Jackson and CEO and president of Mosaik Solutions Bryan Darr. Jackson is...
LTE technology represents more than 23% of the operator’s overall mobile subscribers
The world’s largest mobile telephony operator China Mobile ended the first half of 2015 with 189.6 million subscribers in the 4G segment, according to the operator’s latest financial results.
The telco recorded a net...
Third man charged in N.J. tower thefts
New information has been released related to the cell tower thefts RCR Wireless News reported earlier this week.
There is now a third man being charged by Paterson, N.J., police in connection to the string of 15 cell tower equipment...
On the inaugural episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson of RCR Wireless News discusses cell tower site acquisition and attendant topics with Bryan Darr, president and CEO of Mosaik Solutions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqzeWFznOQ
Darr has spent most of his professional life in the wireless industry, beginning his...
Fiber-to-the-tower expansion supports carrier move toward network densification
Fiber, backhaul and infrastructure services provider Zayo Group this week announced it has sold fiber-to-the-tower services applicable to 800 macro and small cell sites in the past 18 months.
The company estimates the services will yield a more...
The National Wireless Safety Alliance now has its leadership in place. The organization's board chose Art Pregler, director of national cell site programs at AT&T to be its head man and Phil Larsen of Hazon Solution as vice chairman.
Pregler and Larsen were formally nominated and elected...
Last Friday, police in Paterson, N.J., charged two homeless men with 80 counts of burglary, theft and criminal mischief in connection to 15 cell tower equipment thefts. Every major carrier was hit by the thefts, with towers from AT&T Mobility, Sprint, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile...
Update: 8/17/15 8AM CST: The name of the man who fell to his death from a tower last week has been released. The 20-year old man's name is Tyler Bresnahan, a R.I. local. The incident has been ruled as accidental. According to news sources, his social...
Town uses tower lease agreement for good
Almost every week without fail there are a slew of stories about cities across the U.S. protesting the placement of new cell towers. Recently, the township of Hampden, Pa., bucked this trend by not only allowing a new...
