Welcome to our weekly collection of all the top cell tower news stories, where we cover global, national, regional, local and distributed antenna system news. Crown Castle continues to make headlines with tower purchases, this time from CPS Energy. CPS Energy’s tower sale is to pay off some outstanding debt. Elsewhere, a tower worker was fined $4 million and sentenced to prison for making false claims about work he said he performed on cell towers. Blogs still seem to be predictive regarding the new year as CommScope, AGL, and Inside Towers all posted articles about the future of the tower industry or how towers fit into the overall telecom industry, our local communities and the world as a whole. For these stories and more, click the links below.
Global/National News
- CPS Energy sold communications towers to Crown Castle for $41 million to pay off debt.
- A tower worker was sentenced to more than five years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $4 million in restitution for defrauding a wireless network services company.
- MasTec, a premiere tower technology company, bought Dynis to improve network management.
- Inside Towers explains why it is important to display proper signage at tower sites.
- Inside Towers also posted a thoughtful editorial about towers and their place in our communities.
- CommScope posted a blog on what’s next for wireless networks and deployment in 2014.
- Vertical Consultants added California investment company to its list of cell tower lease clients.
- This article explains why tower crews need to be more than just climbers and re-confirms how in-demand they are.
- Tower industry blogger Wade wrote a compelling blog on why preparation is so important for tower field workers.
- GME Supply’s Winter Catalog of tower climbing gear is now available for download and mail order.
- GME Supply also posted a video tribute to America’s tower climbers that’s worth watching.
DAS News
- AT&T used DAS to boost service at the Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital in Michigan.
- Corning announced the installation of its DAS at the World Market Center Las Vegas.
- AGL has a great article on how multi-building marketplaces like this one demand different flavors of DAS.
- Thanks to a new DAS system, calling, testing and soon WiFi are being improved in the Pinnacle Bank Area.
- Dali Wireless introduced an advanced RF Router System.
Regional/Local News
- The Carolinas Wireless Association announced a date for its 9th Annual Charity Golf Event.
- The Illinois State Wireless Association set dates for its 8th Annual Springtime Education Luncheon, Summer Networking Event, Charity Golf Outing, and Holiday Social and Casino Night.
- The Ohio Wireless Association released the date for its 15th Annual Ohio Wireless Open.
- A compromise has finally been reached to speed along a new cell tower bill in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Opinions are strongly negative concerning a new rule on cell towers in the Adirondacks in New York.
- A date of February 5 has been set for the cell tower hearing in Tewksbury, N.J.
- Union, Maine residents dropped their court appeal on cell tower location.
- The City of Osage Beach, M.O. asked citizens to join the fight against a new cell tower bill.
- In Clearlake Oaks, Calif., a cell phone tower project is “in the home stretch” with a community meeting set for February 15.
- The town of Newfane, Vermont has okayed a second cell tower while the neighboring town is strongly opposed to the “eyesore.”
- Over in Putney, Vermont residents are giving a resounding NO to a new AT&T cell tower.
- The Salem City Council in Oregon is looking to relax cell tower rules.
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