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Foremen / Superintendent
Electric Tech Construction, Inc. has immediate opportunities for an experienced foreman or team leader and Tower Crew for Cell Site Construction in the California market for full time work. *Cell Site and Electrical Construction...
Editor's Note: The ecosystem of big data analytics, and its intersection with mobile networks and cloud computing has increasing relevance to wireless in areas that include service assurance, customer experience management, mobile marketing, location-based services and more. Here is a look at the week's big data news.
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Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Nokia slashes 1,800...
Enterprises continue to be a maddening market for the mobile space as corporations are often some of the more profitable wireless consumers while at the same time often seen as taxing mobile operators in terms of the support needed to broadly deploy wireless services...
SAO PAULO – A consortium formed by Brazil's Algar Telecom, Uruguayan carrier Antel, African cable operator Angola Cables Google is leading the construction of a submarine cable connecting the Brazilian cities of Santos and Fortaleza to Boca Raton, Florida. In addition to the U.S./Brazil cable, Antel will build an undersea...
SAO PAULO – While Brazilian carrier Oi's future is uncertain, its new CEO, Bayard Gontijo, supports the consolidation of the telecom market in Brazil. Rival operators TIM and Oi have each looked into buying the other, and Oi faces cash problems related to its merger with...
SAO PAULO – No matter who becomes Brazil’s next president after the Oct. 26 runoff election, the agenda to universalize Internet broadband must move forward, according to Paulo Bernardo, Brazil's minister of communications. Bernardo used his speech before a full audience at the opening session of Futurecom in...
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Small Cell RF Engineer / PM
Matrix Resources, one of the largest professional services companies in the US is seeking Small Cell RF Engineering with project management experience to oversee the optimization and commissioning of highly...
Network performance monitoring company NetScout is making a major purchase of communications test and measurement assets, buying Tektronix Communications and some parts of Fluke Networks as well as advanced network threat mitigation company Arbor Networks from international conglomerate Danaher for $2.6 billion in stock.
The...
Washington state taxes its citizens the most when it comes to wireless services, with a new report from Tax Foundation showing a combined federal, state and local tax rate totaling 24.42%. That number just beat out the 24.31% posted by Nebraska and 23.56% recorded...
Mexico's telecommunications regulator, IFT, has imposed a $3.69 million fine on fixed-line operator Telmex for monopolistic practices in long-distance services. IFT said Telmex committed a serious infraction by ignoring competitor Axtel's requests to interconnect with its network. The carrier also did not provide information about...
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Foreman
Read blueprints and layout jobs, perform sweep testing, PIM testing, fiber optic testing and down tilt procedures.
Hackensack, NJ
Tower Foreman
Supports tower crews and projects for LTE and Microwave installation projects.
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Construction Manager
Training of crew personnel on Tricom...
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Electrical Engineer
We are looking for a highly energetic, results-oriented Electrical Engineer to join our Team. The Electrical Engineer will perform engineering assignments with clear and specified objectives. This entry level engineering position works closely...
The most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers showed the country’s unemployment rate dropped below 6% in September, highlighting a continued trend of improving employment statistics. However, for the telecommunications space, the numbers remain mixed.
According to BLS statistics, there was a drop of about...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades and enjoy the memories!
Report: T-Mobile US moves resonate with customers; Sprint...
Wireless infrastructure services providers see distributed antenna systems (DAS) as logical extensions of their businesses. Like a cell tower, a DAS can be designed to support one carrier's spectrum, or it can support several carriers and create multiple revenue streams for the system owner.
The...
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Responsible for management of project teams across multiple jobs providing contracted services to customers.
Denver, CO
Modification Tower Foreman
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Eutaw, NC
Tower Technician
Construction...
That didn’t take long. Just hours after Sprint countered AT&T Mobility’s “double data” move, Verizon Wireless threw its hat in the ring with a data bucket increase of its own.
The carrier said beginning Oct. 2, and running through the end of the month, customers...
Sprint is not letting grass grow beneath its feet, announcing this morning larger data buckets as part of its pledge to offer “double the data” compared with larger rivals Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility. The move comes days after AT&T Mobility announced it was...
Carrier service revenue is not keeping pace with customer data usage, and that could mean that operators will not continue current levels of infrastructure spending. In addition, the two biggest spenders in the North American market — Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility — are...
Although Europe lags other regions in LTE adoption, the region is pushing hard to develop "5G." Of all the countries involved, it seems the United Kingdom is pushing the hardest.
The country recently hosted the "5G Huddle" conference, following a pledge by flamboyant London mayor Boris Johnson that...
For PCIA President Jonathan Adelstein, this year's State of the Union address was something of an epiphany. The former FCC commissioner realized that the White House was hard at work on an issue that is near and dear to the wireless industry: skills-based technical...
