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WIA – Light poles are prime real estate for deploying 4G and 5G nodes thanks to favorable zoning and regulatory rules that recognize the benefits of using existing street furniture for network densification projects. However, the foundations on existing poles often aren’t built to structurally support the added load of cellular nodes. Helicore has developed a patented system that can shorten foundation upgrade timelines from multiple weeks to just a few days. Read More |
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Reuters – American Tower Corp. said it expects the mobile phone masts it has just bought from Telefonica-owned unit Telxius to generate $280 million in property revenue across the rest of 2021. Read More
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Light Reading – A number of cell tower companies around the country are starting to physically put Dish Network’s 5G radios on top of their towers, signaling a bit of a turning point for Dish from the 5G planning stage and into the deployment stage. Read More
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Inside Towers – President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget includes substantial increases for the FCC, which has asked for $387,950,000, a 3.7 percent increase over FY2021. Read More
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Mobile World Live – Ed Chan, chief network engineering officer at Verizon, said the operator aims to cover 90 million PoPs with C-Band spectrum by the end of the year. Read More
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Business Today – Airtel’s African arm has sold Airtel Tanzania’s tower portfolio to a joint venture of SBA Communications Corporation (majority stake) and Paradigm Infrastructure Ltd for $175 million. Read More
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Light Reading – As they increasingly look to leverage their clouds into the telecom sector, Google and Amazon are making some top-line hires in the telecom industry to boost their industry credibility. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – AT&T is about a year ahead of schedule on its FirstNet build but will likely take until 2023 to complete the dedicated public safety network as remaining sites are some of the most challenging to deploy, according to Jason Porter. Read More
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Business Wire – The market for radio components used in cellular user equipment grew in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and will continue to grow through 2025, according to a Strategy Analytics report. Read More
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