tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636657101295016562024-03-06T02:05:07.109-05:00Inside TowersWritten for the wireless tower industry. George Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.comBlogger2018125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-907858795211088142023-03-06T12:14:00.004-05:002023-03-06T12:14:43.915-05:00NATE, CCA, WIA Urge Lawmakers to Fully Fund “Rip & Replace”<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-8767688098599644816mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-8767688098599644816mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><strong>By Leslie Stimson,<em> Inside Towers </em>Washington Bureau Chief</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; 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min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-8767688098599644816mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-8767688098599644816mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association, joined WIA, CCA and other telecom-related associations in stressing to Congress the need to fully fund “Rip & Replace.” <br /><br />They explained that the program to support the carriers that remove and replace network equipment and services linked to the Chinese Communist Party is “significantly underfunded.” That’s a reference to the $3.08 billion shortfall. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Dbde6cad7b7%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1678209250573000&usg=AOvVaw1jdB59gzPxqGzW4yxp9dkP" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=bde6cad7b7&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-91270208980100066002023-03-03T12:13:00.001-05:002023-03-06T12:13:47.700-05:00 China Tower Continues to Operate at Unprecedented Scale<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; 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min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-8341100342705070129mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-8341100342705070129mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">The size and scale of China Tower’s business is staggering. By year-end 2022, China Tower operated close to 2.1 million towers. That’s a net increase of 17,000 sites from the end of 2021. Compare that to American Tower which is the largest independent tower company in the world with 223,055 towers at year-end 2022, and almost 7,000 new tower builds for the year. <br /><br />China Tower primarily serves the country’s state-owned telecommunications service providers (TSP) – China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Broadnet. The four TSPs accounted for a total of nearly 3.4 million tower tenants, a 102,000 year-over-year increase. 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The changes impact wireless and wireline operators and commercial AM, FM and television stations. The 11.6 percent price increase is effective today, March 2.<br /><br />Some of the new wireless telecom services fees for site-based applications are $150 for a special temporary authority (STA), $105 for a new license or major modification and $50 for extension requests. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D2a4457b671%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1677863573138000&usg=AOvVaw0vhRuGhvVWOnt0Kqi9yRjJ" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=2a4457b671&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-47941503255008794112023-03-01T12:12:00.002-05:002023-03-06T12:12:51.722-05:00 House Passes Bill to Extend FCC Auction Authority<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; 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Currently, it expires March 9. H.R. 1108 would lengthen the agency’s ability to conduct spectrum auctions through May 19. The legislation now moves to the Senate. <br /><br />House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) introduced the measure. Rodgers cited the need for legislative action on spectrum issues,<em> Inside Towers</em> reported. “American leadership matters, and we see a growing threat from China. 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Customers in the Neubrandenburg area will receive 2G, 4G and 5G services from the deployment in the ‘brownfield’ network environment of Telekom Deutschland.<br /><br />“Open RAN has matured over the last months in both stability and performance, which has given us the confidence for an initial commercial deployment. 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Now, the FCC wants to make it easier for such companies to accomplish this.<br /><br />The Commission plans to vote next month on proposed rules to encourage more cooperation between satellite operators and carriers to ensure wireless service is available in remote, unserved or underserved areas. 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border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_3015219064026804496mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3015219064026804496mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">American Tower (NYSE: AMT) reported solid results for full-year 2022, to set the stage for continued growth for the next several years. Property revenues grew nearly 15 percent to $10.5 billion including organic tenant billings growth of 7 percent. AMT’s leasing demand is being driven by growth across its tower and data center portfolios. This growth is partially offset by a reserve taken against slow payments from Indian mobile network operator, Vodafone Idea, which is working through a difficult financial situation. Adjusted EBITDA was up 11 percent to $6.6 billion and AFFO came in at $4.5 billion, up almost 6 percent year-to-year.<br /><br />AMT’s global tower count grew 2 percent YoY to 223,055 at year-end 2022. India is the company’s largest market accounting for 35 percent of the total. Africa and Latin America make up another one-third. Its home U.S. & Canada market accounts for 19 percent of the total sites but drives 48 percent of total property revenues. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Dd1d42b1ccf%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1677341846014000&usg=AOvVaw0gGMYyHZQTqWD_RtqBNwao" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=d1d42b1ccf&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-29160295255083860752023-02-23T12:10:00.001-05:002023-03-06T12:10:36.187-05:00Stoops to Step Down as SBA CEO in ‘23 Succeeded by Brendan Cavanagh<p><br /></p><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-3430540836526648150mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3430540836526648150mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D4fa9269ada%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1677256082134000&usg=AOvVaw2v3JUKfElvkwXz6Tb6GoVT" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=4fa9269ada&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">SBA Communications Corporation</a> (NASDAQ: SBAC) announced this week that Jeff Stoops will retire from his positions as President and Chief Executive Officer on December 31, 2023. SBA’s Board of Directors has appointed Brendan Cavanagh, SBA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to succeed Stoops as President and CEO, at which time Cavanagh shall also be appointed to the company’s Board of Directors.<br /><br />Stoops shall remain on the company’s Board of Directors, and upon his retirement shall assume the position of non-executive Chairman of the Board. Steven Bernstein, SBA’s founder and current Chairman of the Board of Directors, will continue to serve on the Board, and Jack Langer will continue in his role as lead independent director. SBA said it intends to appoint its next Chief Financial Officer later this year. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D96cba911c2%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1677256082134000&usg=AOvVaw09oYW5cmwL1oBLLlGxKXli" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=96cba911c2&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-73222896004813480862023-02-22T12:09:00.000-05:002023-03-06T12:09:59.113-05:00 Commerce Department Report Critical of FirstNet Reinvestments<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; 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The 29-page report, which came out in November, is one of a series covering FirstNet’s reinvestment process.<br /><br />“Our audit objective was to determine whether FirstNet Authority’s process for reinvesting fee payments is effective and consistent with established practices, procedures and regulations,” wrote Arthur Scott, Jr., Assistant Inspector General for Audit and Evaluation. 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border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-8724946979983877036mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-8724946979983877036mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">UScellular’s (NYSE: USM) tower segment continued to show steady progress even as the company reported flat year-over-year results in its wireless services business. In its 4Q earnings call, the company reported wireless service revenues for full-year 2022 were $3.1 billion, flat with 2021 level. Adjusted EBITDA declined 9 percent YoY to $952 million. Most of the soft performance was attributed to reduced net adds, moves to premium plans among fewer customers, reduced roaming charges and increased involuntary churn. Nonetheless, ARPU and ARPA both increased 3-4 percent YoY reflecting the migration to higher priced calling plans.<br /><br />The Chicago-based company operates in parts of 21 states covering 32 million people mainly in small towns and rural communities in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Pacific Northwest, and northern California. At the end of 2022, UScellular had 5 million postpaid and prepaid connections. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Dbe9f8256ac%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676991652226000&usg=AOvVaw2lGbiOgUu4VUnSgWSQ1jRc" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=be9f8256ac&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-89736780666188121532023-02-17T12:07:00.001-05:002023-03-06T12:07:59.978-05:00 FCC Helps Domestic Abuse Survivors Gain Safe, Affordable Connectivity<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_655807813043178895mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_655807813043178895mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">By Leslie Stimson, <em>Inside Towers</em> Washington Bureau Chief</span></strong></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 9px;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_655807813043178895mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_655807813043178895mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">The FCC voted Thursday to implement key provisions in the Safe Connections Act to support survivors of domestic abuse and related crimes, seeking to keep connections with friends, family, and support networks. The proposed rules would help survivors obtain separate phone lines from shared accounts that include their abusers and protect the privacy of calls made by survivors to domestic abuse hotlines. They also include providing support for victims who suffer financial hardship through the agency’s affordability programs. <br /><br />During the meeting, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced the wireless industry will join with the National Domestic Violence Hotline to launch a “Partnership to Support Survivors.” The carriers involved include “the largest providers of wireless service,” said the Chairwoman. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D3b5f9dd5f5%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676734426626000&usg=AOvVaw0oYbe8VUNrunmLcQT9QDkh" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=3b5f9dd5f5&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-44088674988057278612023-02-16T16:55:00.007-05:002023-02-16T16:55:59.492-05:00 Rip & Replace Funding Shortfall Gets Notice in Senate and House<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_6073011461488392207mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_6073011461488392207mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">By Leslie Stimson, <em>Inside Towers </em>Washington Bureau Chief</span></strong></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_6073011461488392207mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_6073011461488392207mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">The FCC’s Rip & Replace Reimbursement program was briefly discussed during Gigi Sohn’s Senate confirmation on Tuesday. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) noted that Sohn previously discussed innovative broadband solutions. He said providers in the Upper Peninsula of his state are “being held hostage” by the program’s more than $3 billion shortfall.<br /><br />Peters asked Sohn if she would commit to working with the Hill and broadband providers on the problem. Sohn said “yes,” and added that she recently met with members of the Rural Wireless Association (RWA), “who talked to me about their invoices not getting paid.” <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Da01e561e20%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454783000&usg=AOvVaw1008xspK5ny9fWnzpnjuxM" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=a01e561e20&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-76245838793386959032023-02-15T16:54:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:54:58.884-05:00Data Center Growth Outlook is Cloudy<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Demand for data center space continues to reach new heights as digital services pervade daily consumer and business activities. Data center leasing surged in 2022 to 2,250 megawatts (MW) of power in North America, following a previous high point of 950 MW in 2021, according to </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">datacenterHawk</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">. Now, the data center sector may face headwinds in trying to keep pace with demand for power and land in 2023, amid longer delivery timelines and shortages in key markets, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Data Center Frontier</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"> posted in a recent blog.</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Throughout 2022, hyperscale operators aggressively locked down capacity for long-term cloud services growth even as data center capacity construction is slowed by supply chain disruptions. Nonetheless, demand remains strong with hyperscale single leases averaging over 70 MW, and more data center lease transactions across a broader base of customers from enterprise to financial, gaming, and tech companies. </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Db6dac4e25b%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454736000&usg=AOvVaw2jwgFXJmqEgyrZRm4GWxjc" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=b6dac4e25b&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="background-color: white; color: #4caad8; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-6783422716141314062023-02-14T16:54:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:54:31.783-05:00Cellular Mapping Exposes Coverage Gaps<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_230066158556062493mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_230066158556062493mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">By John Celentano, <em>Inside Towers</em> Business Editor</span></strong></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_230066158556062493mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_230066158556062493mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">Think about this. Almost every day, the U.S. Postal Service delivers mail to over 163 million addresses covering every state, city, and town in the country. No other organization even comes close. That reach provides a unique framework for measuring the strength of cellular signals at or around these addresses.<br /><br />Ranlytics, a tech firm based outside Sydney, Australia, has developed RF measuring products and a methodology for assessing cellular signal strength at any given location. Ranlytics has partnered with the USPS in a first test in the Seattle, WA area. The results are promising, according to the company, and the firm hopes to expand the activity nationwide. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Dd4054c6507%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454689000&usg=AOvVaw2Zp5lP4HD87V1QZ2Qi3cgL" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=d4054c6507&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-49851895300080321782023-02-13T16:53:00.000-05:002023-02-16T16:53:55.644-05:00Foreign Airlines Say FAA Underestimated 5G Retrofit Costs<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_370406934745426612mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_370406934745426612mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">By Leslie Stimson,<em> Inside Towers</em> Washington Bureau Chief</span></strong></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_370406934745426612mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_370406934745426612mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">Proposed U.S. requirements to retrofit airplane altimeters to ensure they are not susceptible to 5G wireless interference could cost the industry hundreds of millions of dollars more than the FAA estimated, the world's biggest airline trade body told the agency last week.<br /><br />The International Air Transport Association (IATA) represents more than 100 foreign carriers that fly to and from the United States. It said in comments to the FAA that<em> Inside Towers</em> obtained, the costs could be $637 million, not the $26 million estimated by the agency. The association notes that FAA estimates do not include the 3,240 foreign carriers facing the July 1, 2023, deadline for aircraft that would need to be modified to avoid radio altimeter interference. The IATA believes the costs for the 6,000 planes already retrofitted and non-U.S. registered planes that will be impacted should be included in the total. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Dfb4831f5ea%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454650000&usg=AOvVaw0y-3XDyiAHhFlLKCZCAdFa" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=fb4831f5ea&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-17222965456471598652023-02-10T16:52:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:53:18.621-05:00 WISPA Paper: NTIA’s Fiber Bias Could Raise BEAD Costs by Billions<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-2192627810297648585mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-2192627810297648585mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">By Leslie Stimson, <em>Inside Towers </em>Washington Bureau Chief</span></strong></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-2192627810297648585mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-2192627810297648585mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) renewed its call Thursday for NTIA to change its qualifications for what companies receive BEAD grant funds. In a new <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D2092baf499%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454575000&usg=AOvVaw2pvKhmmrDcXcRfwYM3tUIz" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=2092baf499&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">research paper</a> commissioned by WISPA released Thursday, Dr. William Lehr, a telecommunications and internet industry economist and consultant, says NTIA's technological bias toward fiber could raise BEAD costs by tens of billions of dollars and drag out deployment.<br /><br />“Prioritizing fiber projects over other broadband technologies represents a significant departure from the sound regulatory principle of technological neutrality,” states Lehr. This bias “could increase costs by upwards of $30 to $60 billion depending on the distribution of fiber deployment costs for the unserved locations.” <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3De9b328bd69%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454575000&usg=AOvVaw0CsZPGL26aOeoi9EOF6Vq8" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=e9b328bd69&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-85783599796589275792023-02-09T16:52:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:52:43.599-05:00T-Mobile Network’s New Normal<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_1824150020820483671mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_1824150020820483671mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">By John Celentano, <em>Inside Towers </em>Business Editor</span></strong></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><img align="center" alt="" class="m_1824150020820483671mcnImage CToWUd" data-bit="iit" jslog="138226; u014N:xr6bB; 53:W2ZhbHNlLDJd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgEGHs7EwWUiCktnmg_XfDkL6F9llzRouhg-iul9uZqJdB7qbiyKOec-vpeN-m57APYg_mU04cFKYdF_4K1gWory4NDh8zNgHaXCvocKzKP2e6IGskDh_gqqIwD18sCITarAdEaznVV1UM_FoAnJwiwFXg_JFROPKyZOZtJRE9wBmv2ZBDxkS_-loZ9I5_JXjk69i0UJMb2zA1U6X6HoZ_cAzfV=s0-d-e1-ft" style="border: 0px; display: inline !important; height: auto; max-width: 600px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="516" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_1824150020820483671mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_1824150020820483671mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">It’s been quite a ride for the Un-carrier. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) says its 2022 performance was its best ever. Compared to 2021, full-year 2022 wireless service revenues were up 5 percent to $61.3 billion and core adjusted EBITDA increased 12 percent to $26.4 billion. Capital expenditures jumped 13 percent year-over-year to nearly $14 billion for its 5G buildout and integration of the Sprint network. The company says its network integration efforts are now complete and that 2022 represented its peak capex year. <br /><br />Looking back, Sprint Corporation and T-Mobile US announced their agreement to merge on April 29, 2018. After a two-year regulatory and financial approvals process, the merger closed on April 1, 2020, with the combined entity operating as T-Mobile. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D1729360f4d%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454530000&usg=AOvVaw1KoiASM6ZBTmfdQWx1yHqU" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=1729360f4d&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-84718282342894331762023-02-08T16:51:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:52:14.426-05:00AT&T Seeks Federal Court Help on Pole Attachment Dispute<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5293183473401146465mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5293183473401146465mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">By Leslie Stimson,<em> Inside Towers </em>Washington Bureau Chief</span></strong></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-5293183473401146465mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-5293183473401146465mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D2caf90be8b%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454488000&usg=AOvVaw387jTz00dc1lU5MgC_nMJY" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=2caf90be8b&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank"><strong>UPDATE</strong></a> AT&T has gone to federal court over an FCC decision last November that said the carrier’s not entitled to as low an attachment rate from Duke Energy Progress poles than other telecommunications attachers. The Commissioners made the original decision in 2021. Both AT&T and Duke appealed for different reasons. Last November, the agency decided that AT&T paid too much to Duke to access the utility poles in North and South Carolina under a Joint User Agreement (JUA) between the two companies. <br /><br />The FCC ordered Duke to charge a lower rate in compliance with the Commission’s 2011 and 2018 pole attachment orders. The exact figure was not made public and redacted from the document, <em>Inside Towers </em>reported. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Dc49eaab037%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454488000&usg=AOvVaw1AqLEQPXTlzvla0eWb7-DK" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=c49eaab037&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-52595626554067390952023-02-07T16:51:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:51:41.207-05:00Senators Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Streamline USDA Broadband Programs<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), ranking member and chairman, respectively, of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) reintroduced the Rural Internet Improvement Act. The legislation would merge USDA’s Rural e-Connectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect) with USDA’s traditional broadband loan and grant program.</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Supporters say it would bolster USDA Rural Development broadband programs and ensure their funding is being targeted to rural areas that need it the most. For example, it would limit ReConnect funding to areas where at least 90 percent of households lack access to broadband. </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Dddace41bc3%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454451000&usg=AOvVaw0UdW88iL6q5cqofoAlV3lj" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=ddace41bc3&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="background-color: white; color: #4caad8; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-59050744629035348472023-02-06T16:50:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:51:09.175-05:00WWLL: Straight Talk About Women in Wireless (Part 1 of 2)<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_5106470188261599195mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5106470188261599195mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><strong>By Martha DeGrasse, <em>Inside Towers </em>Contributing Analyst</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_5106470188261599195mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_5106470188261599195mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">Wireless professionals had the opportunity to learn from some of the most successful women in the industry at the Women’s Wireless Leadership Luncheon (WWLL), hosted in Washington, D.C. by The Wireless Infrastructure Association Foundation on February 1. <br /><br />Keynote speaker Mignon Clyburn, former Acting Chair of the FCC, encouraged the audience to recognize Black History Month and Women’s History Month by remembering the women who paved the way for today’s leaders. “Those who came before us deserved the seats that we’re in,” she said. “We’re projecting what they could not.”<br /><br />The FCC and FTC are both now chaired by women, as are the House and Senate Commerce Committees, noted WIA President and CEO Patrick Halley. The progress women have made on the national stage is reflected in the wireless industry, where large public companies as well as smaller contractors and vendors are promoting female leaders. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Defdb8c89b3%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454413000&usg=AOvVaw0qxK1t9XkA0iLXVeI-F2dn" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=efdb8c89b3&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-30703129326970990812023-02-03T16:50:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:50:29.792-05:00Metro Connect USA Closes on a Productive Note<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-134295754133977727mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-134295754133977727mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><strong>By John Celentano, <em>Inside Towers </em>Business Editor</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-134295754133977727mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-134295754133977727mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D24566fe180%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454348000&usg=AOvVaw1IRJuGG36UVLfLdJr2-0xM" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=24566fe180&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank"><strong>UPDATE</strong></a> On Tuesday, Jennifer Fritzsche of Greenhill moderated a panel comprising executives from DigitalBridge, Mox Networks, Uniti Fiber, and Verizon Partner Solutions who tackled the topic: “How can we accelerate 10G to the tower nationwide?” With data traffic projected to double every two to three years from increasing mobile data-intensive use cases, there is a growing need for higher capacity backhaul to the tower. The common 1 Gbps fiber backhaul connection is sufficient capacity for current usage. A 10 Gbps connection would provide growth capacity but also requires updates in the network core to support the higher volume of diverse data traffic from each tower. The panel concluded that a collaborative effort is needed among MNOs, fiber companies and tower operators to facilitate network wide 10G implementation.<br /><br />The Wednesday program featured an opening keynote address from April McClain-Delaney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). She underscored the need for digital infrastructure expansion nationwide as a way to close the digital divide and to enhance America’s international competitiveness, and how the U.S. government funding is enabling that expansion. McClain-Delaney highlighted the various available digital infrastructure funding programs, and the U.S $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, as <em>Inside Towers</em> reported. She encouraged the audience to take advantage of those funding programs as a way to facilitate widespread broadband deployment. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3Db77a3a6c82%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454348000&usg=AOvVaw20aHBTTbgIab86cSCSJF7e" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=b77a3a6c82&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-22685085593208726102023-02-02T16:49:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:49:50.802-05:00T-Mobile Announces Quarterly and 2022 Annual Earnings<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">T-Mobile announced its quarterly and annual earnings yesterday, saying it achieved a huge milestone by substantially completing the Sprint network decommissioning in Q3 2022, less than 2.5 years post-merger closing, and more than a year ahead of the original merger plan. The company expects to substantially complete its integration by the end of 2023. </span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">"With record postpaid accounts and customer net adds that translated into industry-leading postpaid service revenue and cash flow growth, T-Mobile absolutely smashed 2022 by once again focusing on putting customers first,” said Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile. “In true Un-carrier fashion, we have no plans to slow down in 2023. Now that we are being recognized as not only the 5G leader but the clear overall network leader in the U.S., our differentiated and sustainable growth strategy is opening up even bigger pathways for our future!" </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D4259e38d2d%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454313000&usg=AOvVaw2Y6kIDtH9frXfgbZpzgzri" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=4259e38d2d&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="background-color: white; color: #4caad8; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-23146218202912252502023-02-01T16:49:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:49:21.508-05:00Administration Tightens Huawei Ban<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">The Biden administration has stopped approving licenses for U.S. companies to export most items to Huawei, according to three people familiar with the matter,</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"> Reuters</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"> reports. Huawei has faced U.S. export restrictions around items for 5G and other technologies for several years, but officials in the U.S. Department of Commerce have granted licenses for some American firms to sell certain goods and technologies to the company. For example, Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM.O) received permission in 2020 to sell 4G smartphone chips to Huawei.</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">A Commerce Department spokesperson said officials "continually assess our policies and regulations" but don’t comment on talks with specific companies. Huawei and Qualcomm declined to comment. </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Bloomberg</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"> and the </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Financial Times</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"> reported the move earlier. </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D8a6abf6aaf%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454275000&usg=AOvVaw3QsYDi9qRRr4iYj1WVgA1C" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=8a6abf6aaf&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="background-color: white; color: #4caad8; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663665710129501656.post-5143827413774687602023-01-31T16:48:00.001-05:002023-02-16T16:48:51.630-05:00AT&T Outlines FWA Plans<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-7076007356378465346mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-7076007356378465346mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><strong>By Martha DeGrasse, <em>Inside Towers </em>Contributing Analyst</strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-7076007356378465346mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-7076007356378465346mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top">With Charter and Comcast together adding just shy of a million new mobile lines in Q4, the competition between wireless network operators and broadband providers continues to intensify. While cablecos muscle into mobile, telcos are building their fiber and fixed wireless access businesses and taking market share from traditional ISPs.<br /><br />Fixed wireless access has gotten a lot of attention from analysts since it enables mobile network operators to use existing tower leases and radio assets to offer broadband internet service. T-Mobile and Verizon have been updating Wall Street on their quarterly progress with FWA for residential customers, while AT&T has continually endorsed fiber to the home (FTTH) as its preferred home broadband bet. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Dd1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213%26id%3D6ef9294d26%26e%3Dd9d7cf6f67&source=gmail&ust=1676670454237000&usg=AOvVaw0acp_BbwnKk-mNdOjPfYbd" href="https://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=6ef9294d26&e=d9d7cf6f67" style="color: #4caad8;" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Inside Towershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13399264022127361832noreply@blogger.com0