Another tragic tower climber fatality
Just when the tower industry thought it was out of the woods and could put a final number on climber deaths in 2014, tragedy struck yesterday. In Greene County, Tenn., a man working on a cell tower fell 100 feet...
As the FCC's Auction 97 apparently enters its final stages, many in the tower industry are no doubt breathing a sigh of relief. Carrier spectrum spending coupled with relentless mobile data price wars could mean higher costs and lower revenues, leaving less capital available...
Vertical Bridge buys over $500MÂ worth of towers
The holiday shopping spree continues this week. Last week it was American Tower buying up towers. This week Vertical Bridge struck two large deals to increase their tower portfolio. The first is with U.S. Cellular, where they entered...
China Tower to build 1 million towers
Wait, who is this incredibly ambitious company looking to bring so many new towers? China Tower is a new company created by the three largest carriers in China: China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. Combining like a...
China’s three mobile carriers have created a new company, China Tower, which will take over ownership of the three firms’ telecom infrastructure while ambitiously planning to build 1 million new towers in the next two years.
Instead of the three companies individually building towers, the...
American Tower is reportedly preparing to spend up to $1 billion to buy 51% of India's Viom, a tower company controlled by Tata Teleservices. According to reports, American Tower wants to merge Viom's estimated 42,000 towers with the 12,000 towers it already owns in...
British Telecommunications in preliminary talks to buy EE
Deutsche Telekom and Orange may be considering selling consumer network EE to BT. EE is the largest mobile operator in the United Kingdom. Orange and Deutsche Telekom have previously considered whether they should list EE on the stock...
American Tower has agreed to buy Bharti Airtel's Nigerian towers for just over $1 billion. The holding company for Bharti Airtel's African operations will sell 4,800 towers to American Tower and then lease them back. The deal will help Bharti Airtel reduce its debt...
FirstNet receives $7 billion funding
FirstNet, you're one of the first good things to come out of government funds in a while. To understand what FirstNet is, why it's so important and how it will affect the tower industry, let's look at a scary example...
T-Mobile USÂ goes to the Supreme Court
You've heard of someone not taking no for an answer, but T-Mobile US took a city's refusal to the highest court in the land. This week the Supreme Court began hearing the case of T-Mobile South v. Roswell. We first...
A quick wrap-up of global carrier news.
• SK Telecom and Telecom Italia are teaming up to work on LTE and the "Internet of Things." SK Telecom said the partnership will have a positive impact on technology and communication in both Asia and Europe. SK...
NATE hosts live safety webinar
NATE (the National Association of Tower Erectors) has announced a new webinar on its website. The title of the webinar is "Achieving Zero Injuries - Best Practices in Workplace Safety." It will take place on Dec. 9, 2014, at 11:00...
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Tower Technician III
Supervise and coordinate work of a crew, coordinates with sub-contractors, can perform Tech 1&2 duties.
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Tower Foreman
Ensure workers meet planned work schedule, ensure safety precautions are properly implemented.
Golden, CO
Foreman
Perform wireless installations as well as...
Boca Raton, Fla.-based SBA Communications (SBAC) announced third fiscal quarter total revenue of $393.3 million, beating the tower company’s estimate of $385.6 million.
That growth was driven by the 2012 purchase of 2,300 tower sites in the United States and Central America, along with acquisition...
Patrik Jakobson, Ericsson's head of Network Sharing, joined Jeff Mucci, RCR Wireless News editorial director, to discuss Ericsson's recently announced contract with Ozone Networks to provide small cell as a service across India.  Ozone Networks is one of India's leading public neutral Wi-Fi providers,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgiBvjDYJ2c
Today's announcement...
Ebola tracking with cell towers
This year has seen cell towers linked to at least a few major news stories. Back in March, towers were used in an attempt to track the whereabouts of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Now it appears that the Centers...
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Foremen / Superintendent
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FCC, Department of Labor launch TIRAP at workshop
After talking about it for weeks, the Federal Communications Commission (in conjunction with the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) workshop, titled "Tower Climber Safety and Injury Protection" happened this past week. Many industry...
NATE joins FCC safety workshop
Two months ago the FCC announced that it would host a tower climber safety and injury prevention workshop in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14. An industry event this huge seems like something the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) would...
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Foreman
Read blueprints and layout jobs, perform sweep testing, PIM testing, fiber optic testing and down tilt procedures.
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Supports tower crews and projects for LTE and Microwave installation projects.
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Construction Manager
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Welcome to the third and final installment of our ‘how to become a tower climber’ series. This final article offers tips on building a great resume and where to look for a tower climber job across the Web. To read information about the necessary...
OSHA gives 6 citations, company contests
This past March saw the tragic loss of two tower workers in Kansas when two towers they were working on collapsed. Inevitably and rightfully, OSHA has now formally issued six citations to the offending company, Wireless Horizon. This included...
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Responsible for management of project teams across multiple jobs providing contracted services to customers.
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Modification Tower Foreman
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The experience, training/certifications, and necessary equipment to become a tower climber have been covered in part one of this series, and now we turn our attention to a day in the life of a tower climber. What are the hours and pay? What are...
