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...
Crown Castle said today that it has agreed to sell its 1,800 Australian towers to a consortium of investors led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. The sale price is roughly $1.6 billion, and Crown Castle expects to net about $1.3 billion since it...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Anyone who thinks a slowdown in carrier spending is threatening the health of the infrastructure industry was not at PCIA's Wireless Infrastructure Show this week. Record attendance at the show, record revenue for PCIA and a sold-out exhibit hall were all...
American Tower eyes South Africa
Apparently when big business even thinks about making a big move, it makes headlines. That happened again this week as sources close to the situation report that American Tower is considering the purchase of some of MTN Group's network of...
NATE Unite celebrates 20th anniversary
This week was the 20th anniversary of the National Association of Tower Erectors' conference NATE Unite. This annual event sees people from all over come together to discuss the wireless infrastructure industry. In recent years, the focus has become safety, especially...
América Móvil's tower move in Mexico
All may be quiet on the American tower front after last week's big move from American Tower, but this week Latin American mobile operator América Móvil provided an update on its plans to spin its tower interests off into its own...
Verizon tower sale confirmed
Earlier this week we reported the possibility of Verizon Communications selling $15 billion worth of its portfolio to make up for all the money spent in the recent spectrum auction. This sale has now been confirmed, with American Tower entering into a definitive agreement to...
Deals could pocket Verizon $15B per reports
Verizon Communications is reportedly moving closer to an asset sale that could include both tower and wireline properties, netting the telecom giant close to $15 billion.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the proposed deals would include several partners...
Vertical Bridge buys over $500M worth of towers
The holiday shopping spree continues this week. Last week it was American Tower buying up towers. This week Vertical Bridge struck two large deals to increase their tower portfolio. The first is with U.S. Cellular, where they entered...
China Tower to build 1 million towers
Wait, who is this incredibly ambitious company looking to bring so many new towers? China Tower is a new company created by the three largest carriers in China: China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. Combining like a...
American Tower is reportedly preparing to spend up to $1 billion to buy 51% of India's Viom, a tower company controlled by Tata Teleservices. According to reports, American Tower wants to merge Viom's estimated 42,000 towers with the 12,000 towers it already owns in...
American Tower has agreed to buy Bharti Airtel's Nigerian towers for just over $1 billion. The holding company for Bharti Airtel's African operations will sell 4,800 towers to American Tower and then lease them back. The deal will help Bharti Airtel reduce its debt...
American Tower is expanding its tower portfolio in Brazil with the purchase of more than 6,400 towers from Telecom Italia's TIM Cellular for roughly $1.2 billion. Of the 6,400-plus towers, 1,240 are subject to certain preemptive acquisition rights held by third parties.
The company expects the new...
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Bell Atlantic to...
American Tower said that third-quarter revenue increased 28% to $1.0 billion, and operating profit rose 26% to $666 million. The company ended the quarter with 69,519 total towers, only 28,394 of which are in the United States.
American Tower has been building and buying towers...
FCC, Department of Labor launch TIRAP at workshop
After talking about it for weeks, the Federal Communications Commission (in conjunction with the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) workshop, titled "Tower Climber Safety and Injury Protection" happened this past week. Many industry...
Americans want mobile broadband, and they want good jobs with potential for growth. The wireless industry can deliver both, but only if adequate training is available for the workforce.
Department of Labor, FCC announce wireless apprenticeship program
Right now, thousands of wireless infrastructure jobs are going...
American Tower told analysts last week that it could have an interest in the Verizon Wireless towers if the carrier does decide to sell. The tower portfolio is not officially on the market, but Verizon has reportedly hired the same investment bank that helped...
Fake towers make national headlines
Twice now we've reported on the use of fake towers — first back in March and then a few weeks ago when the FCC became involved. Now the rest of the nation is catching up as the use of "stingrays" or...
International Speedway is one of several American Tower DAS customers boosting demand for engineers who have experience with distributed antenna systems.
DAS skills in demand
Experience with distributed antenna systems is in demand as tower companies and infrastructure service providers win new contracts and upgrade existing...
In the latest editorial feature report from RCR Wireless News, wireless infrastructure providers, tower company executives, industry analysts and recruiters are interviewed about current trends in the North American wireless infrastructure services market.
Wireless operators keep pace with the relentless demand for mobile data by...
The U.S. government is looking at a way to raise billions in tax revenue, but it could come at the expense of some tower companies. A tax reform bill drafted by the House Ways and Means Committee would change the rules companies must follow...
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...
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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...
