China Tower is seeking a valuation of up to $ 40 billion through the IPO
Chinese state-owned telecommunications tower company China Tower filed an application for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE), seeking a valuation of up to $40...
CEO Jaimes Taiclet says previous carrier mergers in the U.S. had a net positive business impact for American Tower
American Tower Corporation expects the proposed merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint to have a neutral to positive impact in the company’s business, American Tower’s Chairman...
NTT DoCoMo said it expects to start deploying this new 5G antenna next year
Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo has developed a 5G base station which is designed to be buried in the ground to support deployments in areas with a shortage of space, Japanese...
China Tower currently owns and operates a total of 2.5 million telecom towers across the Asian nation
Chinese state-run telecom tower company China Tower Corp has signed a cooperation agreement with compatriot firm State Grid Corp of China (SGCC).
Under the terms of the agreement, both...
The new entity will own 163,000 telecom towers across India and will become the world's second-largest tower company
India's Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel agreed to merge their operations in a deal that will create the world's second-largest mobile towers company
The new company will have...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Members of the National Wireless Safety Alliance said that tower contractors may soon begin to see requirements from carriers that a percentage of their employees have NWSA certification -- possibly as soon as this year, according to NWSA board of governors members at...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Network densification efforts mean new strategies -- and new challenges -- for infrastructure installation, from zoning to painting, according to Ryan Peters, who is the manager for Seattle-based Legacy Telecommunications' distributed antenna system and small cell division.
Peters, speaking at the National Association of...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--There are numerous challenges ahead for 5G network deployments, as the next generation of wireless technology moves from the lab to field testing to commercial deployments over the next few years.
During a session at the National Association of Tower Erectors conference this week,...
The rollout of mobile 5G networks is expected to drive the next major round of wireless infrastructure spending, but tower owners expect to see a pickup in spending long before the first 5G smartphones are announced. They see network operators continuing to invest in...
AT&T and Verizon have jointly agreed to build hundreds of new cell towers with Tillman Infrastructure, a company founded last year by Sanjiv Ahuja's Tillman Global Holdings. Ahuja is the former CEO of Orange and also the founder of Lightsquared, a company that tried...
American Tower to buy combined assets of Vodafone India, Idea Cellular
American Tower is plunking down about $1.2 billion for roughly 20,000 towers in India, boosting its footprint in the world's second-largest cellular market. Those towers represent the combined tower assets of Vodafone India...
Japan's SoftBank, which owns roughly 80% of Sprint, said it is creating a U.S. infrastructure joint venture in partnership with Australia's Lendlease. Called Lendlease Towers, the company will develop and acquire rooftop and tower assets. The JV's goal is a $5 billion telecom asset...
As Florida Keys network recovery continues, tower crews brace for Maria
Adam Ruge is a project manager for Fort Lauderdale, Florida,-based Data Stream Mobile Technologies, a construction outfit that specializes in wireless infrastructure. Following Hurricane Irma, Ruge and his crew—Jose Vargas and Raymond Arroyo—got into...
Warriors4Wireless program equips veterans with skills and certification required for work in wireless telecommunications
Among the 20.9 million veterans living in the U.S., about 450,000 are either unemployed or without jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics annual Employment Situation for Veterans. In an effort...
With the pending acquisition, Crown Castle will own or have access to 60,000 route miles of fiber
Shared network infrastructure provider Crown Castle announced plans to nearly double its fiber optic holdings with the acquisition of Lightower for $7.1 billion.
Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown said...
A new network architecture
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is a new option for network providers challenged to meet consumer demands for improved coverage and greater bandwidth.
MEC is a network architecture that enables IT and cloud-computing capabilities at the edge of the cellular network. The main...
American Tower, which has more than 147,000 communications sites--including towers, distributed antenna systems, rooftops, colocation facilities and other infrastructure sites--in 15 countries on five continents, reported strong first quarter financial results this week, beating estimates and showing growth on key metrics.
Earnings highlights include a...
As new fiber networks are rolled out to meet the capacity and speeds required by access technologies and high-value services, ensuring quality installation is crucial. In challenging field testing environments, test process automation is one of the most valuable tools available to reduce human...
Fiber will enable next-generation networks, smart cities and the internet of things. Fiber to the tower has already separated radio heads and antennas from base station equipment, and now that same architecture is being leveraged for centralized radio access networks, or C-RAN. When radios...
Fiber will enable next-generation networks, smart cities and the internet of things. Fiber to the tower has already separated radio heads and antennas from base station equipment, and now that same architecture is being leveraged for centralized radio access networks, or C-RAN. Companies with...
Global investment firm KKR Group will pay $1.35 billion to Telefónica for a stake in Telxius.
Telefónica reached an agreement with global investment firm KKR Group to sell up to 40% of Telxius Telecom, Telefónica’s telecommunications infrastructure division, for 1.28 billion euros...
The Spanish telco reportedly aims to sell 49% of the infrastructure firm for $1.56 billion
Spanish telecommunications operator Telefonica has received several offers to acquire a stake in its infrastructure subsidiary Telxius, according to a statement filed with Spanish market regulator CNMV.
The telco said...
The National Wireless Safety Alliance launched two new certification programs for tower technicians. The new certifications are part of the NWSA's efforts to standardize technician training within the telecom industry, based on input from industry experts to put together personnel certification programs that meet...
Panasonic’s Green Tower solution flips energy infrastructure management paradigm for mobile network operators
Physical infrastructure investment and maintenance is one of the largest recurring costs for mobile network operators tasked with constantly increasing coverage and capacity to keep up with booming demand for mobile data.
A...
