The emphasis was on safety at the National Association of Tower Erectors 2014 conference in San Diego this week, with a new education campaign that comes with the knowledge that the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is watching closely to see if the...
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This week's update will be short and sweet since the industry is focused on all the happenings at NATE Unite and Mobile World Congress, so expect a lengthier update next week.
When...
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Ever since the fatalities a few weeks back, the tower industry has been very quiet. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) used the radio silence to write an open...
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sent a stern warning to telecom employers in the wake of three recent tower-related deaths, and is working with the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) and other industry stakeholders to educate communication tower employers about their responsibility to...
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The tower tragedy in West Virginia we reported on last week that led to 3 deaths had something of a precedent for multiple parties involved. The towers are owned by...
While Brazil's information and communications technology (ICT) market consolidates becoming the world's 4th largest―behind the U.S., China and Japan―total spending by ICT businesses in the country is expected to reach U.S.$175 billion this year, according to the IDC. This is a predicted growth of...
It is with a heavy heart we bring you this week's cell tower news. It was a devastating weekend, with two tower tragedies in different parts of the country that claimed a total of four lives.
The first was in Clarksburg, W.Va., where two towers...
Welcome to our weekly collection of all the top cell tower news stories, where we cover global, national, regional, local and distributed antenna system news.
Super Bowl Sunday is less than a week away, so it's hard for sports fans to think of anything else,...
Welcome to our weekly collection of all the top cell tower news stories, where we cover global, national, regional, local and distributed antenna system news. Crown Castle continues to make headlines with tower purchases, this time from CPS Energy. CPS Energy's tower sale is...
Welcome to our weekly collection of all the top cell tower news stories, where we cover global, national, regional, local and distributed antenna system stories. While hoopla surrounding the "polar vortex" may have subsided, we're still in the dead of winter in many parts...
Welcome to our weekly collection of all the top cell tower news stories, where we cover global, national, regional, local and distributed antenna system stories. It's the first full week back to work of the new year and it seems that news is happening...
Happy New Year and welcome to the first 2014 edition of cell tower news. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS and regional/local news. Things might be a little slower due to the holidays, but that hasn't stopped Inside Tower from giving a helpful list...
Welcome to this Christmas week edition of cell tower news. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS and regional/local news. After reporting so many climber accidents and deaths this year, it's exciting to be able to share the great news of a climber who fell...
Welcome to the weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of cell tower companies. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS, and regional/local news.
Cell tower radiation: it's a topic that has concerned communities for as long as towers have existed. It even shapes debates on...
Welcome to the weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of cell tower companies. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS, and regional/local news. This week's news brings the sad news of the loss of another tower climber recently in Wichita.
In addition to this, we've...
Welcome to the weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of cell tower companies. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS, and regional/local news. This collection of news spans last week's shortened holiday week and this week. Good news for tower climbers everywhere is the...
SBA Communications deepened its tower holdings in Brazil, announcing today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 2,007 wireless sites from that country’s largest telecommunications provider Oi for $645 million.
SBA noted that at the close of the deal, Oi will enter into...
Welcome to the weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of cell tower companies. We cover top-level industry stories, DAS, and regional/local news. In national news, AT&T is giving the Denver Broncos' stadium a huge boost in reception and there was a cell tower...
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The Nation Association of Tower Erectors, NATE, has created the NATE...
The National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) is taking an important step to keep tower climbers safe by offering training to anyone with access to the Internet. The NATE Exchange includes courses covering topics like RF awareness, fall protection and rescue, ladder scaffolding, gin...
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WTB makes cellular geographic service area map files available online.
When it comes to acquisitions,...
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The FCC is taking a fresh look at its rules for local governments as they regulate wireless infrastructure siting, including existing wireless towers and base stations.
Investment giant KKR announced a partnership with Associated Partners to invest a reported $100...
As mobile operators scramble to bring new cell sites online ahead of the competition, the companies tasked with completing this work are finding that oversight and involvement by the carriers is increasing. Firms that contract with Tier 1 operators say they are performing much...
