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It is never a good time for a cell tower to fall, but the collapse of 200-foot-tall cell tower in Matanuska/Susitna Borough, Alaska, Oct. 25, unfortunately coincided with the development of a new tower ordinance in the rural area 100 miles north of Anchorage. The AT&T Alascom tower was the victim of high winds and… Continue »
Top safety and operations executives representing the wireless carriers, tower owners, OEMs and turnkey/construction management firms met with officials from the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) at the Telecommunications Industry Safety Summit, late in October, in Dallas to examine leading indicators that compromise safety, and collaborate on best practice solutions. The goal of the… Continue »
The wireless industry is fed up with the continuous barrage of thieves ripping out its grounding systems. It has submitted a proposal for guidelines for copper theft deterrent best practices to the Sustainability in Telecom: Energy and Protection (STEP) committee of ATIS, an organization that develops the standards for the information and communications technology industry…. Continue »
Central States Tower II (CSII) has received $35 million in financing from CIT Corporate Finance , a provider of financing to small and medium sized businesses. The senior secured credit facility will be used to refinance existing debt and provide additional capital for the construction and development of new towers nationwide. Around five or six… Continue »
At the AGL Conference in Boston, Nov. 5, the National Association of Tower Erectors announced the availability of the NATE EXCHANGE, and online platform for tower construction and maintenance companies and individual tower technicians to gain access to the training courses tailor to the needs of the tower industry. NATE member companies will qualify for… Continue »
The Andrew CDX723A series of diplexers has been added to multiband combiner solution from Commscope that offers DC automatic switching, which enables standardization for most low band and high band feeder sharing applications. Available twin modularity and an integrated AISG modem facilitate handling and deployment by consolidating hardware and eliminating interconnections. A special tower top… Continue »
