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180
FCC Acts on Industry Requests Concerning Macro Towers, Small
Cells
UPDATE There’s FCC movement on two requests from the wireless
industry relating to towers and small cells. Theagency has invited
public comment on a Petition for Rulemaking and a Petition for
Declaratory Ruling, both filed bythe Wireless Infrastructure
Association (WIA). The association asked the Commission to adopt
new rules or explainexisting ones regarding Section 6409(a) of the
Spectrum Act of 2012. The Commission is also seeking public input
ona similar request from CTIA.
WIA asked the FCC to amend its rules to reflect that
collocations requiring an expansion of the current site—within
30feet of a tower site—qualify for relief under Section 6409(a) and
to require that fees associated with eligible facilitiesrequests
under Section 6409 be cost-based. WIA also asked the Commission to
clarify:
1. that Section 6409(a) and related rules apply to all state and
local authorizations;2. when the time to decide an application
begins to run;3. what constitutes a substantial change under
Section 6409(a);4. that “conditional” approvals by localities
violate Section 6409(a); and5. that localities may not establish
processes or impose conditions that effectively defeat or reduce
the
protections afforded under Section 6409(a). Continue Reading
Copper Theft Ring Broke Into Over 80 Tower Sites in the
Midwest
Five people were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on
charges of “conspiring to maliciously interfere withcommunication
lines by entering onto cellular tower sites.” According to a court
statement, the five entered more than80 cell tower sites in 21
jurisdictions between April 3, 2018, and August 1, 2018, stealing
copper grounding bars andcopper wiring and reselling it to metal
salvage dealers for cash.
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Those indicted were: Christina Weaver, 40, Bradley Quinelle
Warren, 32, Taylor D. James, 20, and Haley S. James,21, all of
Collinsville, IL and Wendell Ragsdale, 45, of Springfield, IL.
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Love Your Brain as Much as Your Feet
You don’t settle for cheap, uncomfortable steel-toed boots. Why
settle for an inferior helmet?
Working at height, you have challenges you just don’t face on
the ground. You’re subjected to high winds, you’remore exposed to
weather, you have limited--if any--space to put stuff down. You’re
focused and adaptable. Is yourhead protection working as hard as
you are? “Think of head protection as a system and a tool,”
explains Petzl’s Professional Division National Sales
Manager,Michel Goulet. “It’s not just a thing you wear to protect
your head, which of course is its primary purpose. But it
shouldhelp you do your job, too.” Goulet says climbers should think
about three things when choosing a head protection system: Safety,
Comfort, andVersatility. Safety First There’s more to safety than
mere compliance. Goulet explains that, rather surprisingly,
certified helmets do not require chin straps. It doesn’t take much
imaginationto realize an unsecured helmet won’t do you any good if
it comes off your head in wind or in the middle of a fall. Notto
mention that a falling helmet is a hazard to anyone who happens to
be below it. But not all chin straps are createdequal. Continue
Reading
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Massachusetts Telecom Act Still Has Teeth in North AndoverBy Jim
Fryer, Inside Towers Managing Editor
North Andover, MA will be getting a 115-foot monopine erected
sometime in the near future at 122 Foster St.following a ruling by
a Massachusetts District Court judge siding with the plaintiff,
Varsity Wireless, over the town ofNorth Andover Planning
Commission. The decision both supported and cited the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.The tower will accommodate AT&T
and Verizon.
“This is another in the long line of successful cases supporting
the Telecommunications Act,” Varsity’s legalrepresentative Brian
Grossman of Bowditch, a Framingham, MA law firm, told Inside
Towers, “that trend continues.We’re thrilled with the decision”.
The court action follows the local board’s denial of a cell tower
permit for Varsity Wireless Towers LLC (VWI...sinceacquired by
Everest Infrastructure) that the company filed in August of 2017.
The permit for a 130-foot structure hadinitially been approved by
the town’s zoning board which then ordered a series of five public
sessions to discuss theproject.
During the hearings, VWI submitted a list of 19 sites they had
considered and rejected. Among them was multiple C-RAN nodes on
small cell sites and publicly-owned properties located farther
outside of town. The town hired an“expert”, David Maxon, who agreed
that a coverage gap existed and many of the alternative sites were
not usable,but several sites on the list and others were still
viable alternatives and should be reconsidered. Continue
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FCC Seeks Insight Into CA Carrier Wildfire Prep
Wildfires in California have ravaged parts of the state,
affecting communications networks and the public’s ability tocall
911. Now, to reduce the risk of electrical equipment triggering
wildfires, some California energy providers,including Pacific Gas
and Electric, announced plans to shut off power at times in areas
where wildfire risk is high.
These actions prompted FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau Chief Lisa Fowlkes to ask severalcarriers operating in the
state how they intend to provide continued wireless service in the
event of a power shutoff.She queried AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile,
U.S. Cellular and Verizon.
Fowlkes asked the carriers to describe their contingency plans,
or steps they’ve taken, to mitigate the effects of thesepotential
power shutoffs. Responses “should include details related to its
contingency plans to promote the continuityof communications for
public safety officials and residents (including preparations to
use back-up power), its strategy
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for outreach to consumers, and its plan for coordination with
public safety officials, power companies, and otherrelevant
stakeholders,” Fowlkes said in a letter.
The FCC would also like to know details of carriers efforts to
harden their communications infrastructure orconstruction of new
infrastructure in areas prone to wildfires. She seeks a reply
within ten days.
September 13, 2019 at Close
Hear T-Mobile Execs at Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference
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Mike Sievert, President and Chief Operating Officer of T-Mobile
US, Inc., J. Braxton Carter,Executive Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer of T-Mobile US, Inc., and Neville Ray,Executive
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of T-Mobile US, Inc.
(NASDAQ:TMUS) will present and provide a business update tomorrow,
Tuesday, September 17, at10:30 a.m. Eastern Time at Goldman Sachs
Communacopia Conference in New York, NY.
A live web stream of the event will be available on the
company’s investor relations website,http://investor.t-mobile.com,
tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. An on-demand replay
will be available shortly after the presentation ends.
IllinoisSubdivision Developer Allows Space for Towers
The Batavia City Council unanimously approved a land annexation
agreement to make way for two cell towers,reported the Daily
Herald. Developer M/I Homes will now have three fewer houses, now
110 total, for the plannedWinding Creek subdivision due to the
project approval.
The amendment will create a half-acre unincorporated "island" to
accommodate the towers that would "not alter thecharacter of the
development," according to the documents. Per planning and zoning
officer Joel Strassman, "Amunicipality can annex property it
surrounds. We call them doughnut holes."
The city wants to close some of those “donut holes,” according
to the Herald. "Having a doughnut hole is not ideal forall the
other positives we can draw from it," added Strassman. "We have the
ability to annex [these areas], even if theowner doesn't like
it."
Verizon, Sprint Live-Test 5G at Michigan Test Track
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Sprint opened a 5G test bed last week and Verizon is working
with Mcity at theUniversity of Michigan to advance transportation
safety and shape the future ofautonomous vehicles and smart cities
using 5G. The Verizon 5G Ultra Widebandnetwork is now live at the
Mcity Test Facility where the carrier is testing various
5Gsolutions designed to boost pedestrian safety and avoid car
accidents. Thisincludes installing 5G-connected cameras at every
intersection inside the Mcity testtrack to help identify traffic
and pedestrian patterns to prevent collisions.
Several key components of 5G service — high bandwidth, low
latency and theability to connect hundreds of devices in a
relatively small area — make the safetyboost possible, according to
Verizon. If each vehicle passing through an
intersection is able to relay and receive information from other
vehicles and streetlight cameras, that information canbe used to
notify cars when lights turn red or vehicles ahead come to a sudden
stop. Verizon’s 5G Ultra Widebandnetwork is able to quickly
transmit that data, enabling autonomous vehicles to react faster
than humans when itcomes to braking to avoid a collision. Continue
Reading
FloridaIt’s Raining Small Cells In Florida’s Panhandle
Last month, Verizon received approval for seven, 4G small cell
permit applications. Now, six more applications areunder review,
reported the Pensacola News Journal, but that’s just a drop in the
ocean. Per a city permitting official,Verizon and AT&T
submitted requests for 90 more small cell locations, and 40 more
are in the works.
Florida laws passed in 2018 and 2019, severely limit any input
local municipalities have over the new small cellantennas in the
right of ways, reported the News Journal. Several residents
expressed frustration to PensacolaCouncilman Jared Moore and state
Rep. Alex Andrade, during a neighborhood meeting. Additionally,
resident JohnHerron said he wants the city to fight the law and
support a proposal in Congress to overturn the FCC rule.
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Dave Donald Joins Wilson Electronics as CEDIA National Account
Manager
Wilson Electronics, a company specializing in cellular signal
amplifier technology, Friday announced that CEDIAchannel expert
Dave Donald has joined the company as CEDIA (CI) National Account
Manager. In his new role,Donald will be responsible for interfacing
with integrators, representatives and distributors in the CEDIA
channel topromote Wilson’s offering of advanced cellular signal
amplifier technologies. He will be based in Las Vegas, NV.
“We’re thrilled to have Dave Donald join the Wilson Electronics
team,” said Wilson Electronics CEO Bruce Lancaster.“Dave’s deep
CEDIA channel experience, coupled with his decades of work in the
industry in sales, marketing andmanagement, will make him a true
asset to our team and we’re looking forward to having him on
board.”
CaliforniaMenifee Nixes Plea From AT&T
The California town of Menifee continues to debate allowing a
cell tower a place within its borders. The MenifeePlanning
Commission met last week, and Menifee 24/7 reported the results.
The latest round chalks up a victory forthe NIMBYs as the vote was
3-to-2 in favor of denial. AT&T has argued that the site at
Wheatfield Park is the only suitable location for a cell tower, but
the commissionersdisagreed. The City Council will be the next to
weigh in with their decision on the fate of the proposed tower.
MarylandPoor Cell Reception is For the Birds
Thanks to the Migratory Bird Protection Act, the ospreys in
Chestertown, MD havetaken control of the airwaves, nesting in cell
towers and “fowling” [sic] up the signal,so to speak. As the
Chestertown Spy reports, cell reception for businesses andresidents
is spotty at best when the birds and their families are in town.
Offering an assist, nearby Washington College agreed to have
Verizon install
equipment at its Kent Fitness Center location to help address
the coverage gaps. However, work came to a halt when
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subcontractor, Mastec, was thwarted by a pair of nesting ospreys
who had dibs on that perch. “Verizon follows anavian protection
plan ensuring that we comply with federal, state, and local laws as
we do work that would impactactive nests,” said Verizon public
relations manager, David Weissmann. Continue Reading
CCA Adds FCC’s Carr to Keynote Speakers as 2019 Conference Opens
Today
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr will join fellow Commissioner
Geoffrey Starks at the Rhode Island ConventionCenter in Providence,
RI as a keynote speaker at the association’s annual conference that
begins today and endsWednesday.
CCA bills itself as, ”the only North American event to focus
exclusively on smart strategies, technology innovations,and
business opportunities for carriers in this increasingly mobile
world. As a result, the show brings together moresenior decision
makers from more carrier organizations than any other trade show in
the United States”.
CCA Annual Convention's educational program, networking
opportunities, and exhibit floor will explore technologytrends that
are changing the way we work and live, and will provide a platform
for companies to reach the lucrativecompetitive carrier market,
which spends $15 billion annually on products and services.
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Outdoor Small Cell Sites: Tackle Densification Issues With
Smaller, Local Solutions
CommScope's Outdoor cell site solutions are designed to help
wireless networks increase their capacity andcoverage quickly by
integrating a technical solution in an aesthetic package to
mitigate the challenging zoning andpermitting environments. Our
Metro Cell portfolio of outdoor small cell solutions are designed
to meet both thethermal and aesthetic requirements of multiple
types of radios and environments. They can quickly be installed
onexisting street furniture or come in kitted solutions to include
new poles and RF components.
CommScope provides you with everything you need to deploy metro
cells—from base station antennas, combiningsolutions to RF
transmission systems and concealment solutions that conform to
local municipal codes.
When it comes to expanding your network in urban and suburban
environments, trust CommScope. Our array ofinventive connectivity
solutions can address your specific situation no matter how
complex. To help you take yourwireless network to the next level,
connect with us and together we can figure out how to best unlock
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Seeking Sub-contractor Partners Nationwide
Empire Telecom, a QualTek Company, is looking for sub-contractor
partners nationwide to support our current andupcoming projects.
Email Robert Calabrese, call 856.685.0418, or visit
www.qualtekservices.com for moreinformation.
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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: 2000 Timberland Erectors Hoist
VIKOR is selling a Timberland hoist it purchased in 2006 from
another entity. It has been used intermittently for thepast 12
years. Since VIKOR has lessened its focus on tall-tower work, it is
looking to sell it with or without the trailerand wire rope.
Timberland has made all repairs and updates and repainted and
re-certified the equipment.
For more details and asking price, email VIKOR or call
605.331.6972. Ask for Mike Fowler or Bart Roberts.
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Rampart range near Colorado Springs, CO contributed by James
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