Tower Talks with Inside Towers

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of October 11, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here .  Support the show

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Helios Towers, one of the leading tower companies in Africa, recently announced acquisitions that will expand its operations to 11 countries in Africa and the Middle East. The deals include buying existing towers and a commitment for build-to-suit sites over the next several years. Helios Towers counts Africa’s leading mobile network operators as tenants that are expanding and upgrading their netw...

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of September 27, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here .  Support the show

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The Wireless Infrastructure Association’s annual Connect (X) conference is billed as “the only business technology event in North America uniting the industry to deliver infrastructure solutions for universal connectivity.” After running a virtual show last year due to the pandemic, WIA will be hosting Connect (X) 2021 as an in-person event on October 4-7 at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, FL. Conne...

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of September 7, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here .  Support the show

Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), a 3.5 GHz mid-band shared spectrum, offers a low-cost, high-speed broadband option for rural and underserved communities, and for cost-effective private network deployments. As the demand for this type of wireless infrastructure increases, so does the demand for a trained and certified workforce. And importantly, CBRS installation and performance are govern...

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of August 23, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here .  Support the show

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of August 16, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here .  Support the show

Join Inside Towers Managing Editor Jim Fryer in this third installment of “Tower Masters”. This series focuses on the men and women who, for decades, have not only survived, but thrived as independent operators in the wireless infrastructure field.  Inside Towers talks with longtime developer in the wireless infrastructure space, Jimmy Chiles. Although Chiles is now an Operating Partner with Digit...

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of August 8, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here .  Support the show

Do you know what it really takes to build wireless and wireline networks? Bringing together equipment and workers, whether installing fiber optic systems on the ground or activating cell sites on towers, must be well choreographed to meet installation deadlines and service delivery schedules We see videos of tower climbers in their safety harnesses and helmets high up on structures. But in fact, i...

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of August 2, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here .  Support the show

The telecommunications industry is in a high cycle of demand for broadband infrastructure. 5G network builds, fixed wireless access deployments, fiber to the home, and digital divide solutions are all happening at the same time. In this environment, questions often come up about the capability of the supply chain. Is there adequate equipment inventory, or are there shortages that will create long...

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of July 26, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here .  Support the show

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As wireless service providers deploy more frequency bands on towers, the incidence for interference increases dramatically. While we refer to interference from radios at other cell sites as active interference, signals reflected from RF transmissions within a tower site create harmonics that are equally of concern. This type of RF interference is referred to as passive intermodulation interference...

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of July 12, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here .  Support the show

Rural connectivity remains a hot topic. Tens of millions of Americans in underserved or unserved live without quality broadband service. Certainly, the pandemic amplified the need for reliable broadband connections, especially in small towns and rural communities. Much government funding for rural broadband has gone towards fiber cable solutions deployed over long distances to serve relatively few...

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