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 Cequel Sites Purchases Excell Communications
Cequel Sites Holdings has acquired Excell Communications, one of the largest site development and construction firms serving the wireless industry in the Southeast. It has a suite of products and services that include site acquisition and engineering, as well as environmental, regulatory compliance and project management services. Steve White, Excell founder and president, will leave the company, and Paul Estes, who currently serves as executive vice president for Cequel III, a telecommunications management and investment firm based in St. Louis, MO, will become Excell's president and CEO. MORE |
 In a Win-Wind Solution, Ice Arena May Opt for wind turbine/cell towerMartha's Vineyard Arena, an ice skating rink on the exclusive island, was working with Maxton Technology, a wireless telecommunication services provider, on the idea of leasing space for a cell tower to raise needed revenue to pay for increasing utilities, according to the Martha's Vineyard Times. But then Gary Harcourt of Great Wind Rock, an Island-based small wind energy consulting and installation business, approached the board with a proposal to build a 165-foot tall wind turbine from Entegrity Wind Systems, which would reduce energy costs by 20 percent. That's when it got interesting. MORE |
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Bringing Wireless Siting to the Hinterlands
Siting a cell tower in rural Cambodia, Suriname or India may not be hard from a regulatory standpoint, but making the network work from a technological perspective has been another story. Until now.
To push communications in to the remotest areas of Cambodia, Ericsson combined a GSM base station and satellite transmission in a solar-powered site. MORE |
MCG Dumps Stake in Global Tower Partners
Sydney-based Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group has sold its 29 percent stake in Global Tower Partners (GTP), an owner and operator of towers and sites for wireless communications services with 3,000 towers in the United States. MORE |
CTIA Siting Petition Looks to Speed Up Zoning BoardsSome believe Congress has gone too far in giving power to wireless carriers in the siting process. CTIA - The Wireless Association, however, does not share that view. It believes that local zoning boards are exercising power outside of the rules in the Communications Acts of 1934 to slow down, at best, or illegally block tower siting, at worst. MORE |
VZW Enhances Upstate NY with 80 New Sites
Verizon Wireless has kept its string going. For eight years running, the company has invested more than $100 million in network enhancements throughout Upstate New York. This year's improvements 80 new cell sites throughout the region. Since 2000, the bill has added up to more than $1 billion since 2000. MORE |
West Virginia Strives to Fill Dead SpotsWest Virginia is one of the largest areas in the eastern United States without consistent cell coverage, according to Verizon's current coverage map. Even though this rural, mountainous state lacks the coverage or other states, it is diligently working to fill in the dead zones, according to the Herald-Dispatch.com. MORE |
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Fuel Cell Backup Power for Site a First for CT
T-Mobile will deploy the first backup power fuel cell to be used for a wireless application in Connecticut. The 5kW GenCore hydrogen fuel cell from Plug Power will serve as backup power for a cell tower on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs, CT. MORE |
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Church Backs Away from Cell Tower Plan Under Pressure from Neighbors
In the end, the church in Fairlawn, OH, lost its faith in cellular communications. Faith Lutheran Church has dropped its plans put a cell phone tower on church property after dissent arose to a clamor from the neighbors and the Catholic church next door, according to the Beacon Journal.com. MORE |
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| Calendar |
September
New England Wireless Association
Golf Tournament and Dinner
Sept. 8
11:30 am golf registration 5:30 pm dinner registration Bear Hill Golf Club 2 North Street Stoneham , MA 02180 www.negwa.org
Carolinas Wireless Association
Q3 Tower Seminars & Luncheon
September 9
Double Tree South Park 6300 Morrison Boulevard Charlotte, NC $35 in Advance.$40 at the door www.carolinaswirelessassociation.com Pennsylvania Wireless Association
Social at the Bears Den
Sept. 10
W. Chocolate Ave & University Hershey, PA www.pa-wireless.org/home.html
The Florida Wireless Association
3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Northern Florida
September 11Mystic Dunes 7850 Shadow Tree Lane Celebration, FL www.flwireless.org/wst_page3.html
Pennsylvania Wireless Association
Golf Tournament at Deer Valley Golf
Sept. 11
101 Stoudt Rd
Hummelstown, PA
Illinois State Wireless Association
2ND Annual Golf Outing Benefiting Misericordia
Sept. 11
Registration: 7:00 a.m. Shotgun Start: 8:00 a.m. Hilton Chicago Indian Lakes Resort 250 West Schick Rd Bloomingdale, IL 60108 www.ilswa.org
CALWA Charity Golf Tournament
September 18
Trabuco Hills Golf Club 26772 Avery Parkway Mission Viejo, CA www.calwa.org
New Jersey Wireless Association
2nd Annual Charity Golf Outing
American Cancer Society, Multiple Schlerosis
Sept. 19
7:30 am Registration Royce Brook Golf Course 201 Hamilton Road Hillsborough, NJ RSVP to scurtis@cwsi.com
New York State Wireless Association
Annual NYSWA Golf Classic
Sept. 22
9 am Registration
Alabama Wireless Association
5th Annual AWA Golf Outing
Sept. 26
Registration - 7:00 am Eagle Point Golf Club 4500 Eagle Point Dr. Birmingham, AL 35242 www.alabamawireless.org/golf.html
October
Texas Wireless Association
2008 Q4 Luncheon
Oct. 2
9:00 A.M Educational Session on Copper Theft 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Luncheon Hilton Garden Inn DFW Airport South 2001 Valley View Lane Irving, TX 75061 www.txwa.org
PCIA 2008 Wireless Infrastructure Show
Oct. 12-15
Westin Diplomat Hotel and Spa Hollywood, FL www.pcia.com/show/index.html
Texas Wireless Assocation
TXWA 3rd Semi-Annual Golf Tournament
Oct. 30
Tour 18 Golf Course
3102 FM 1960 East
Humble, TX 77338
November
Carolinas Wireless Association
CWA 2008 Charity Dance/Holiday Social
Nov. 14
Charleston, SC www.carolinaswirelessassociation.com
The Florida Wireless Association
2nd Annual NFL Tailgate Event
to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings
November 16
Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida $200 per ticket www.flwireless.org/wst_page3.html
National Association of Tower Erectors
NATE 2009 Conference & ExpositionFeb. 23-26, 2009 Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Nashville, TN www.natehome.com | |
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