Filtronic Wireless has introduced the PCD026 high performance twin Indoor/Outdoor PCS Contiguous Block Same Band Combiner. Intended for LTE and CDMA applications, the PCD026 offers low-loss combining of adjacent blocks with only 625 KHz spacing. Several models are offered that address specific center frequencies and combining scenarios; from 3 ea. 1.25 MHz CDMA carriers +… Continue »
By J. Sharpe Smith — April 2, 2015 — Communications tower development for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) is being slowed by protests from members of the public and the firefighters, the very people the communications system is supposed to help. With more than 80 public safety agencies, 34,000 first-responders, 4,060 square… Continue »
By J. Sharpe Smith — April 2, 2015 — InSite Wireless Group has acquired 294 communication tower sites from CTI Towers, including related tower site equipment and infrastructure, related real property interests, and wireless carrier and customer agreements related to the towers. “We are familiar with their assets, having a similar participation by Cox Communications… Continue »
Even as LTE has grown increasingly more important to global cellular coverage, users’ experience with network speeds varies widely from country to country and network to network, according to study by OpenSignal, which has developed a database of cell phone towers, cell phone signal strength readings, and Wi-Fi access points around the world, based on… Continue »
By J. Sharpe Smith — April 2, 2015 — Vertical Bridge is acquiring more than 200 towers from CiG Wireless in a transaction structured as a merger worth $143 million, of which $56.4 million went to outstanding debt. “The sale price represents approximately 28 times total cash flow, according to some estimates,” Kevin Brynestad, managing… Continue »
By John Celentano — April 2, 2015 — The wireless equipment industry took a hit in the second half of 2014 when AT&T Mobility abruptly scaled back in its capital expenditures (capex). The company explained that it had invested ahead of budget in the first half of the year, and that its 4G LTE build… Continue »