China Telecom expects its FDD-LTE technology to cover 95% of China’s population by year end
Chinese mobile telephony operator China Telecom aims to provide LTE coverage to 95% of the country's population by the end of the year, according to local press reports. To achieve...
United Arab Emirates carrier Du partners with Nokia to analyze network components using telco drones
Carrier Du, along with partner Nokia Networks, has used drones carrying smartphone-based test equipment to analyze its network covering Dubai International Stadium.
The proof of concept demonstrates how drones can be...
The company aims to sell additional towers in six African markets in the coming months
Indian telecommunications group Bharti Airtel has obtained nearly $1.3 billion from the sale of its telecommunication towers in five African markets. In a note to the National Stock Exchange of...
Towers will not keep New Yorkers connected
Big cities have the greatest need for cellular capacity, but they can also have the densest neighborhoods and the highest real estate prices. Manhattan, for example, has fewer towers per person than other major metropolitan areas in the...
Using drones takes out the risk associated with human inspection of cell phone towers
Carrier T-Mobile Netherlands will use Aerialtronics unmanned aerial systems, more commonly known as drones, to inspect some 5,000 antennas in the Netherlands.
T-Mobile Netherlands even has its own pilot who will remotely operate...
The Indian telco currently offers 3G in almost 10,000 towns and cities; 4G LTE also expanding
Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel plans to invest $1 billion during fiscal year 2015, ending March 2016, to expand its 3G network infrastructure and coverage across the country, according...
Update: This story has been updated to include the name of the previously unidentified man in this accident.
Pilot killed when homemade airplane struck cell tower
Tragedy struck in Corona, Calif., this weekend when a homemade airplane crashed into a monopine cell tower. Of the two...
By 2020, networks will need to support 1000 times more capacity, driving the need for ultra-dense networks (UDN). These will be critical to support over seven billion people connecting using multiple GBs per user per day. 


What’s stopping the industry from deploying ultra-dense networks...
Small cells and monopoles planned for Miami, potentially giving peek of larger Sprint network densification push
Sprint is looking to up its network and retail game in the Miami area, according to reports on a closed-door meeting between the carrier’s CEO and Miami Mayor Carlos...
3M is investing big money in the future of the climber safety industry with a $2.5 billion agreement to acquire fall-protection equipment maker Capital Safety from global investment firm KKR.
This is a strategic move for 3M, which believes increased regulatory focus on tower worker...
Cell tower gets cut down, hits power lines, leaves thousands without AC during summer in the desert
Law enforcement is claiming sabotage in the June 20 felling of a wooden, monopole cell tower in Wittmann, Ariz.
The tower fell on power lines, knocking out electricity to...
IDC estimates 5.8M 4G LTE subscribers in India by year-end 2015
Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm expects to launch commercial 4G LTE services across India by December, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said during the company's annual shareholders meeting.
Ambani said that the company expects to...
Lawyer: Berkeley ordinance violates the First Amendment
WASHINGTON – A major telecom lobbying group has filed suit to strike down a Berkeley, Calif., city ordinance that requires retailers to warn customers about dangers associated with RF radiation.
Berkeley city officials passed the so-called Right to Know...
Officials order tower service restored
Indian officials aren’t backing down after the recent terror attacks on their mobile infrastructure.
High-level Indian officials have ordered the Indian Army and CRPF, along with state police, to restore mobile service in the Kashmir Valley in spite of multiple attacks...
Terrorists are trying to put a stop to mobile networks in India, and they are using deadly force to do it.
Two civilian tower workers were killed and three more were injured in multiple attacks on mobile infrastructure in North Kashmir and Srinagar. As a...
Bear climbs tower for eggs
We're all doomed. The large hairy killing machines known as bears are now bringing their endless appetites off the ground and into the skies. O.F. Mossberg & Sons captured this surprising video of a bear that managed to climb an electrical tower to...
Partners deploying IoT, M2M trial network using T-Mobile base stations
Mobile operator T-Mobile, along with Blue Cell Network and Sigfox, are conducting a three-month pilot project that will build out an "Internet of Things" network in Prague.
Results from the trial are set to be analyzed this...
 Three-year investment aims to increase connections and speed while cutting service costs
China’s State Council this week announced plans to boost Internet speeds nationwide, while also cutting costs, in a three-year program reportedly worth a staggering $182 billion.
In a policy statement, the State Council noted...
Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate Wi-Fi in their networks (carrier Wi-Fi, LWA). The Senza Fili report, “LTE unlicensed and...
Some tower crews are idle now, but the FCC is looking ahead
The timing of the next spectrum auction may partially depend on the availability of tower crews, according to the Federal Communication Commission's Michael O'Rielly. The commissioner said he wants carriers and tower companies...
An Indian parliamentary panel is asking the country's Environment Ministry to comprehensively look into the effects of cell tower radiation on humans and animals, saying it is of "great concern."
The committee on Demands for Grants, which is part of the Indian Ministry of Finance, ...
Operator will continue 4G rollout through a combination of LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD
Indian mobile telephony operator Bharti Airtel has launched 4G LTE-FDD trials for its existing customers in Chennai and Mumbai.
During the trials, customers in these two cities can obtain a complimentary upgrade to Airtel...
Cell towers that stalk?
Anyone who reads this weekly segment with regularity knows how contentious an issue tower placement is. This week Verizon is back at it again causing a family in Tarzana, Calif., grief over tower placement. But what makes this one stand out amongst the...
