Towers

Published reports indicate that T-Mobile USA’s plans to sell off its tower assets is moving forward, with Crown Castle International currently seen as the lead bidder. According to The Wall …

SBA Communications continued to expand its tower empire, announcing today plans to acquire privately-held TowerCo for $1.45 billion. That price includes $1.2 billion in cash and 4.6 million Class A …

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T-Mobile USA’s interest in raising much needed funds through the sale of its tower assets is causing waves throughout the tower industry as analysts look to read the tea leaves …

Although it seems to be a complex market, in many ways the Mexican telecom sector is very similar to the others Latin American countries. Prepaid penetration is much higher than …

As data usage continues to increase, the networks must keep up. Small cells provide a quick fix for network infrastructures at an extremely affordable price. They say good things come …

The tax relief and jobs bill passed by Congress earlier this month may speed the process of tower and base station upgrades. In addition to freeing up more spectrum for …

SBA Communications (SBAC) said it plans to pay nearly $1.1 billion to acquire certain affiliates of Mobilitie, including more than 2,300 tower sites in the United States and Central America …

One of the most developed countries in Latin America, Chile faces very similar telecom challenges to Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Its mobile penetration surpassed one device per habitant, reaching 120.8% …

American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) hopes its decision to reorganize as a real estate investment trust will help its stock continue its upward trend, and the company has already picked up …

One segment expected to benefit from AT&T’s (T) decision to drop its acquisition bid of T-Mobile USA is the tower market, which for the past several months has waited on …

Verizon Wireless’ LTE in Rural America program is inching closer to fruition with the news that Pioneer Cellular has recently completed end-to-end data testing using its recently deployed network. That …

The nation’s largest tower operator is making a major investment in distributed antenna systems. Crown Castle International (NYSE: CCI) says it will purchase NextG Networks Inc. for roughly $1 billion …

American Tower (NYSE: AMT) expanded its presence in Africa signing a deal to form a joint venture with MTN Group to acquire nearly 1,000 tower sites from MTN Group’s subsidiary …

Global Tower Partners said it has signed an agreement with Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund to manage and lease 41 properties to wireless carriers as prospective co-location sites. As part …

The need to bolster LTE networks could result in more than 14 million radio transceivers being deployed in 2016, with half of those specific to the mobile broadband technology, according …

While smartphones continue to make great strides in penetrating the domestic market, the third quarter of this year saw a slight lull in the action as consumers awaited the latest …

A new report from Juniper Research predicts that while LTE uptake over the next five years will be swift, the technology will have only a limited global reach and account …

Technology upgrades and spectrum management are a fact of life for mobile operators that are having to constantly update networks and rearrange spectrum assets in order to continuing serving growing …

DALLAS – Leap Wireless’ senior vice president of strategy, Bill Ingram, threw down the gauntlet on his rivals during a keynote address at this year’s LTE North America event in …

Matthew Myers faces winds of up to 110 MPH atop a 12,000 foot mountain peak as he deploys, installs and maintains cell phone towers for Union Wireless in Colorado. When …