Crown Castle acquiring Tower Development Corporation
Crown Castle announced the acquisition Tower Development Corporation, an American tower company that owns and operates 336 towers in both the United States and Puerto Rico. TDC was acquired for $461 million in cash. The towers average two tenants...
Network providers are combining technologies as they add multiple operators to their systems. Carriers are bringing their solutions of choice to the network, and providers are finding ways to accommodate them.
In Atlanta, Crown Castle is in the process of building 459 nodes to support...
Montgomery County, Maryland, is a scenic, rural area that welcomes tourists and is somewhat less hospitable to cell towers. The county's residents and visitors are valuable customers for wireless carriers, and are able to enjoy LTE services thanks to a distributed antenna system. DAS...
American Tower reports strong growth, SBA minimal
In the excitement leading up to and during the recent NATE UNITE 2016 event, it seems the tower industry's financial update escaped us until now. As you'll recall, Crown Castle earlier this year reported its full-year and Q4...
Sprint is exploring a major shift in the way wireless service is delivered as it works to upgrade its network while implementing cost cuts throughout the company. One of the biggest costs associated with small cell deployments is backhaul, the connection that brings mobile network traffic...
With small cell momentum on the rise, an increasing number of companies are seeking engineers with experience in both distributed antenna systems and other small cell technologies.
RCR Wireless News rounded up a sampling of recent listing of companies who are looking for small cell...
Companies cut costs and complexity by outsourcing wireless infrastructure
Wireless infrastructure is increasingly differentiated by software, and enterprises are learning that they can reduce complexity by outsourcing infrastructure management. Many enterprises are taking this one step further by turning infrastructure ownership over to suppliers in...
5 things to know today ...
1. Smartphone apps that will let you draw cash out of your bank at an ATM are coming this year, according to Bank of America. The nation's second-largest bank says it will test the technology with its own...
Crown Castle announces new CEO, better than expected numbers
Crown Castle International announced both its fourth quarter financial results as well as plans for a new CEO this week. The company's CFO Jay Brown is set to take over as both CEO and president from Ben Moreland beginning...
Report on Sprint network hit tower stocks hard
A now highly disputed article from Re/Code reported Sprint would be moving away from traditional cell towers and instead focus on microwave backhaul and "government owned properties." The report sent investors in tower companies and people all across the...
Stocks for Sprint and major U.S. tower companies fell dramatically after rumors the carrier was moving away from macro sites surfaced late last week. Sprint’s stock dropped 9% on Friday while American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA Communications lost 3%, 6% and 8% respectively.
The...
Outdoor small cell deployments have been more complicated and expensive than network operators expected, but they remain the most viable option for carriers faced with intense data demand in dense urban environments. Now that most Americans have smartphones, new tower construction is leveling off,...
New York City is preparing to solicit bids for new city streetlight poles that can accommodate more small cells, hoping to capture carrier spending before mobile operators lose patience with the city and turn to commercial property owners to secure sites. More than 2,200...
Suicidal teen rescued from tower
Earlier this week a deputy in Salem, Oregon, spotted what appeared to be young girl climbing a 150-foot monopole cell tower. As he began talking to the distressed girl, he called in backup in the form of deputies and firefighters....
PCIA’s HetNet Expo brings together mobile operators, tower companies, equipment vendors, infrastructure service providers, legal experts and industry analysts. At this year’s show, it was clear that the distinction between distributed antenna systems and small cells is blurring, as carriers look for network architectures...
AT&T's government contract, Verizon's small cell progress
1. AT&T signed a five-year contract with the U.S. Census Bureau, which will use the carrier's LTE network and "Internet of Things" services to enable census data collectors to use mobile devices. As many as 20,000 people will...
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T-Mobile US adds...
Remote radio heads, better antennas, digital DAS and shared baseband resources help operators reduce the cost of ODAS
Outdoor distributed antenna system solutions enable operators to offer coverage and support capacity requirements in places that the macro network cannot reach. In dense urban areas, especially those with...
COWS, small cells to play major role
All four major U.S. carriers are investing in network upgrades ahead of Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Philadelphia, but some are worried it may still not be enough.
Verizon Communications and AT&T have already spent nearly $50 million to...
The Federal Reserve's recent decision to leave interest rates unchanged – for now – is a good one for the wireless tower industry.
A capital-intensive industry, the three major tower companies earn most of their revenue by leasing out space on communications towers they own or control, so there’s...
Last year, active tower sites in the U.S. declined for the first time ever, according to analysts at SNL Kagan, but the setback is expected to be temporary. The tower business is healthy, but it is also going through some big changes. Three of...
Wireless carriers value suppliers who can offer a full suite of solutions and who have deployment expertise. Companies that supply and deploy wireless infrastructure are responding to this demand by teaming up, hoping to gain market share and create scale that will help them...
Tower companies appear to be outspending carriers
U.S. carriers have been selling their tower portfolios to raise cash for spectrum purchases and deployment, and the move away from infrastructure ownership may extend to small cells and distributed antenna systems as well. Two of the three...
Crown Castle, American Tower, SBAC report Q2 earnings
It's that time of year when the tower industry's largest companies report their earnings for the second quarter of 2015.
First up is Crown Castle. The company's net income increased from $23 million to a staggering $1.1 billion, largely due to the...
