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Cell Tower News: OSHA updates climber rules; tower data contention

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. OSHA directive on hoisting In a new step towards safer practices on tower work sites, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration has issued a new directive that...

Test & Measurement: Keysight Technologies begins operations

Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot. --Agilent Technologies' electronic test and measurement segment has officially begun...

Alcatel-Lucent posts improved Q2 results, plans submarine cable IPO

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), which announced its “Shift Plan” a year ago, is now looking to shift some of its submarine cable business. When the Paris-based telecom equipment company released its 2014 second quarter results, it announced a planned initial public offering for the subsidiary scheduled...

Keeping the promise of bundled offerings

Liam Maxwell, VP of products for Oracle Communications, spoke with RCR Wireless about how the transition from single-service providers to bundled offerings has affected customer relationship management, BSS and OSS, and Oracle's place in the ecosystme. "One of the biggest problems that communications service providers have...

EMEA: Self-driving everything?

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and Security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing those opinions along...

Wi-Fi making transit in-roads

Wi-Fi continues its march toward ubiquity, particularly in transit systems. Wireless connectivity is even coming to an international flight near you – if it hasn't already. Connectivity on transit poses a unique problem for coverage. Commuter rail lines often run at least partially below ground,...

Nokia Networks to buy Panasonic's base station segment

Nokia Networks has agreed to buy Panasonic's 3G/LTE base station business, aiming to strengthen its offerings in Japan. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it covers base stations and related wireless equipment for both in terms of fixed assets and business contracts with Panasonic's...

Small cells: hosted solution lets carriers test the waters

Small cells can be big investments for regional operators, many of whom may not be ready to invest $1M or more in a small cell gateway. These are the target customers for ClearSky Technologies' hosted small cell solution. The company sells access to its...

Nokia dives deeper into infrastructure services

Nokia Networks scored a big LTE win in North America when Sprint tapped the company for its Sprint Spark build, and now Nokia is clearly eager for more. Recognizing that American carriers often choose vendors that can offer network implementation services, Nokia recently announced...

Lease Advisors, InSite Wireless Group form infrastructure JV

Cellular and billboard lease acquisition company Lease Advisors has formed a joint venture for wireless infrastructure with privately-held tower company InSite Wireless Group, which owns and manages about 800 cell tower and distributed antenna system sites in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and the...

Network densification and DAS

Tony Lefebvre of TE Connectivity discussed with RCR Wireless News the necessity of network densification and how DAS is making that possible. Lefebvre also talks about industry trends that his company is noticing, as well as a preview of TE Connectivity's upcoming partnership with Alcatel-Lucent on...

Reality Check: Mitigating network deployment delays and cost overruns

After billions of dollars and countless man-hours spent over the last two decades, network deployment should have almost evolved into a science. Unfortunately, it often continues to be plagued by delays, quality issues and cost overruns. Executing large-scale deployments across variable and complex environments will...

American Tower shares lessons learned in DAS, LatAm

Like many other successful companies, American Tower is outgrowing its name. "American" no longer refers just to the United States; towers in other parts of North and South America are now a big part of the company's portfolio. And that portfolio has expanded beyond...

Plans expand for Chinese transit Wi-Fi network

Digital advertising network VisionChina Media Inc. announced a partnership with infrastructure vendor Huawei to explore a national mass transit Wi-Fi network in China, expanding the company's efforts to position itself as a leader in wireless connectivity and big data-supported advertising on transit systems there. The...

Cell Tower News: $50K tower damage; suing American Tower

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. Couple sues American Tower One couple in West Virginia is mad as hell and not going to to take it anymore. They filed a lawsuit against American...

Verizon eyes ODAS, LTE optimization (RCR Mobile Minute)

The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Outdoor distributed antenna systems has been a tricky business for carriers and infrastructure providers alike due to zoning challenges, maintenance costs and leasing challenges. Nonetheless, Verizon Wireless is testing the waters with several projects. Analyst Aaron Blazar...

Infrastructure news: Carrier spending update

Investment in wireless infrastructure is a big part of capital spending for both Verizon and AT&T, and both carriers spent more during the most recent quarter than analysts had expected. Verizon's total Q2 capital spending was $4.3 billion, and AT&T spent a solid $6.0...

Ericsson on the future of standardization

Ulf Ewaldsson, SVP & CTO of Ericsson, spoke with RCR Wireless News recently about the role of standards such as those established by 3GPP, TM Forum and others, and the implications of a changing telecom market for the use of and development of standards. The telecom industry and IT...

CCI's small cell growth; Alcatel-Lucent's AT&T win (RCR Mobile Minute)

The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Crown Castle sees strong carrier spending, adds small cells Tower giant Crown Castle International (CCI) reported second quarter revenues of $916.3 million, up 25% from the year-ago quarter. The company noted continuing network investment by all four major...

Juniper sees customer spending delays

Juniper (JNPR) says its biggest customers are spending less than expected on routers, and the company is trimming its forecast for third quarter sales and profits. In a call with analysts and investors, Juniper CEO Shaygan Kheradpir cited "market dynamics including M&A activities" as...

Cell towers and the 'silent majority'

Tower company executives are seeing a shift in public opinion when it comes to new cell towers. Even those who might not want new towers recognize the need for coverage. What's the best way to protest a proposed cell tower in your neighborhood? You could...

Ericsson wins LTE contract, Microsoft aims low (RCR Mobile Minute)

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Microsoft launches low-end Lumia Windows may be the language of corporate America, but Microsoft clearly wants to translate it to consumers around the world. The software giant's newest smartphone offering is a $115 Windows smartphone called the...

Matrixx on the growth and unpredictability of LTE sessions

Jennifer Kyriakakis, founder and VP of marketing for Matrixx Software, talks about what her customers are seeing in LTE and LTE-Advanced session growth and how her company is helping them cope with the quickly increasing growth. As LTE networks are deployed, Kyriakakis said, the number...

Small cell chip update

Qualcomm got a lot of attention at Small Cells World Summit 2014 with its talk about "inside out" connectivity enabled by small cells. The mobile chip giant wants operators to consider super powerful indoor small cells as a way to connect entire neighborhoods. Indoor...