Cell Tower News

A man is reportedly in stable condition after falling from a cell tower in Summit Park, West Virginia. Officials with Harrison County EMS say the man suffered a head injury …

Tower climber spots missing kids Not only are tower climbers connecting the world with their efforts, they are now helping find missing children. Last week in Hamilton County, Tenn., Corey …

Cell Tower News is brought to you by the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE). This week on Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson focuses on the climbers. He talks with …

LAS VEGAS —Theft and vandalism to cell towers is a growing strain on our mobile networks. At CTIA Super Mobility 2015, 3M and Sprint are debuting a quick, cost-effective fix …

The number of U.S. tower climber deaths this year is down sharply from last year. Two climber deaths have been reported in Texas, one from a communications tower and one …

A fall has claimed the life of another tower climber. Police say a man fell to his death while fixing an antenna atop a water tower in Brownsville, Texas. Authorities …

Cell Tower News is brought to you by the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE). On this episode of Cell Tower News, RCR Wireless News Editor and Production Manager Joey Jackson …

The South Korean telco has so far deployed 30,000 units of 2.1 GHz base stations South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom is looking to deploy 5,000 additional base stations by …

RCR Wireless News’ weekly video shows touch on towers, IoT, 5G, NFV and SDN On this episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson talks with Trey Nemeth, VP of …

Fatal fire call to 911 delayed, blamed on cell towers This week a fatal fire broke out in Forestdale, Ala. While deadly fires aren’t a unique phenomenon, unfortunately, blaming the …

Cell Tower News is brought to you by the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE). In this edition of Cell Tower News, Host Joey Jackson talks with Trey Nemeth, VP …

August 19 was the inaugural episode of Cell Tower News with host Joey Jackson, editor and production manager for RCR Wireless News. On this episode, site acquisition, towersource.com, and related topics are …

LTE technology represents more than 23% of the operator’s overall mobile subscribers The world’s largest mobile telephony operator China Mobile ended the first half of 2015 with 189.6 million subscribers …

Third man charged in N.J. tower thefts New information has been released related to the cell tower thefts RCR Wireless News reported earlier this week. There is now a third man …

On the inaugural episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson of RCR Wireless News discusses cell tower site acquisition and attendant topics with Bryan Darr, president and CEO of …

Fiber-to-the-tower expansion supports carrier move toward network densification Fiber, backhaul and infrastructure services provider Zayo Group this week announced it has sold fiber-to-the-tower services applicable to 800 macro and small …

The National Wireless Safety Alliance now has its leadership in place. The organization’s board chose Art Pregler, director of national cell site programs at AT&T to be its head man and Phil …

Last Friday, police in Paterson, N.J., charged two homeless men with 80 counts of burglary, theft and criminal mischief in connection to 15 cell tower equipment thefts. Every major carrier …

Update: 8/17/15 8AM CST: The name of the man who fell to his death from a tower last week has been released. The 20-year old man’s name is Tyler Bresnahan, a R.I. …

Town uses tower lease agreement for good Almost every week without fail there are a slew of stories about cities across the U.S. protesting the placement of new cell towers. …

Field Dailies was recently awarded patent protection for its software system that supports submission of daily field reports and closeout documentation for the tower climbing industry. Field Dailies, the pioneer …

Tower companies appear to be outspending carriers U.S. carriers have been selling their tower portfolios to raise cash for spectrum purchases and deployment, and the move away from infrastructure ownership …

Customers are complaining about dropped calls and bad network connectivity after India’s South Corp. shut down 100 illegal towers across south New Delhi over the past month. “The network issue …

Vertical Bridge buys 43 towers Vertical Bridge and one of its subsidiaries announced this week it will be entering into an agreement to purchase 43 towers from Townsquare Media. The towers …

Communications Workers of America continue working without new Verizon agreement; National Wireless Safety Association announces board of governors and roadmap for tower climber assessment and certification programs This episode of …