By J. Sharpe Smith — April 7, 2015 — Targeting 400 locations for a small cell build out in the heart of San Francisco, arguably the most picturesque and picky U.S. city, is no mean feat. But Verizon Wireless is taking it on. In the past year, the carrier has worked with the City of… Continue »
Johnson City, NY- TSC Tower Specialists has opened the doors on a new facility in Grosse Ile, Michigan. Additionally, there are new hires with up to 12 additional line and attendant crews, project manager, and EF &I technicians expected. With over 10,000 square feet of warehouse space and plans to expand and over 1100 square… Continue »
Sacramento, CA –1 April 2015 – The State on behalf of the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of General Services has entered into a new ground lease with ComSites West, which commences for the operation and management of the Mt Diablo South Peak communications tower site facilities atop Mt Diablo in… Continue »
By J. Sharpe Smith — April 3, 2015 — Craig Gates, CEO, DTC Communications, is still shaking his head in disbelief about the freakish nature of the accident that befell his cell tower. A 300-foot cell tower owned by DTC Communications atop Harrison Ferry Mountain in Tennessee was downed two weeks ago when a driver… Continue »
Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) offers products to help carriers support the new AWS-3 frequency bands. All RFS 65-degree core antenna models are already compatible with AWS-3, and AWS-3 support will be extended to every other RFS antenna model. RFS’ product portfolio for AWS-3 includes new models of filters, diplexers and tower-mounted amplifiers to include AWS-3… Continue »
EXFO has added the FIP-435B fully automated wireless fiber inspection probe to its portfolio of portable fiber-optic test equipment. EXFO now allows connector testing by swapping the standard wire for a Wi-Fi connection to Android smart devices. By downloading the ConnectorMax2 mobile application from Google Play, smartphone or tablet users can turn their device into… Continue »