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Tower Crew Involved in DTV Transition Ends Up Saving Lives
A Missouri TV station thought it was hiring its tower crew to install a digital antenna, instead it got a team of heroes who saved lives when severe winds brought the tower down. MORE
Aggressive Tower Owner Scores Conviction of Copper Thief
Greg Carttar calls himself "more vindictive" than most tower owners. His aggressive response to a tower break-in was certainly vindicated last week when the Missouri 38th Judicial Circuit in Taney County sentenced a man found guilty in cell tower copper theft case dating back to May 2008. MORE
SBA Earnings Report Reflects Well on Tower Industry, Capital Markets
In its first-quarter earnings report, SBA showed strong year-over-year growth in key metrics, including site leasing revenue at 29.2 percent, tower cash flow at 31.9 percent and adjusted EBITDA growth at 32.9 percent. MORE |
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A State Looks to Jam Prison Cell Calls Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley wants permission to jam cell phone calls by prison inmates, according to the Baltimore Sun. For an update on cell phone jamming, see an article by William Sill, "We Be Jammin,'" in the June/July Special Issue of AGL magazine. MORE
Ericsson May Take Over Management of Sprint Cell Sites Sprint Nextel is in talks with Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson to outsource management of its cellular network to the Swedish telecom equipment firm, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Sprint's move is intended to offset its current business problems.
Another School System Looks at Radio Waves and Sees Dollar Signs
Considering the condition of the California state budget, it should come as no surprise that the San Francisco public school system is considering cell siting as a revenue generator, according to the San Francisco Examiner. MORE
Special Permit to Limit RF May Not Hold Water
The zoning board of Swampscott, Mass., has a bone to pick with Sprint concerning a special permit it received for a site at a water tower a decade ago that limited its RF emissions, according The Daily Item. Today, the carrier admits to operating in excess of those RF emission limitations. MORE
Bucolic Suffolk County Welcomes Tower
One look at the splendid beauty of the Spanish revival mansion that is the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and one would imagine a huge fight against any cell tower proposal on the premises. Not so, according to Newsday.Com. The residents of the beachfront hamlet of Centerpoint on Long Island's north shore are welcoming it with open arms. MORE |
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Pennsylvania Wireless Association
Spring Luncheon May 19 Guest Speaker: Dave Kerr, The PA eCommerce Association Keynote given by Zito Media. Doubletree Hotel 640 W. Germantown Pike Plymouth Meeting, PA www.pa-wireless.org Pennsylvania Wireless Association
2nd Annual Spring Social May 19 Dave & Busters 1995 Franklin Mills Circle Philadelphia, PA 19154 www.pa-wireless.org
Carolinas Wireless Association
4th Annual Charity Golf Tournament May 19 Eagle Ridge Golf Club 565 Competition Rd. Raleigh, NC 27603 www.carolinaswirelessassociation.com
Minnesota State Wireless Association Lunch & Learn Session Understanding the Rev G code standard for Towers/Structural May 20
MD/DC Wireless Association
Lunchion -- Speaker: Todd Rowley, Sprint May 20 Pier 5 Hotel 711 Eastern Ave. Baltimore, MD 21202 www.mddcwa.com
LA/MS Wireless Association
Second Quarter Social and Luncheon May 20-21 Beau Rivage Resort and Casino 875 Beach Boulevard Biloxi, MS 39530 www.lmwa.org Northwest Wireless AssociationSocial Hour/Lunch Educational Sessions May 21 Meydenbauer Center 11100 NE 6th St. Bellevue, WA 98004 www.nwwireless.org
June
Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee Wireless Associations2nd Quarter Joint Meeting June 4-5 Sheraton Reed House 827 Broad Street Chattanooga, TN 37402
Virginia Wireless Association
Meeting, Luncheon and Live Wi-Max Demo Featured Speaker: Ali Tabassi, Clearwire June 15-16 The National Conference Center 18980 Upper Belmont Place Lansdowne, VA 20176 www.vawireless.org
New Jersey Wireless Association
2nd Quarter Luncheon 2009 Broadband Stimulus Package and How It Will Affect NJ June 18 Woodbridge Hotel and Conference Center 515 Route One South Iselin, NJ 08830 www.newjerseywireless.org
MD/DC Wireless AssociationDay at Camden Yards Orioles vs. Mets June 18 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 W. Camden St. Baltimore www.mddcwa.com
Illionois State Wireless Association
3rd Annual Golf Outing benefiting Linkunlimited and Misiricordia
June 19
Hilton Chicago Indian Lakes Resort
250 W. Schick Road
Bloomington, IL 60108
Pennsylvania Wireless AssociationSummer Shoot June 22 Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays 2750 Limestone Street Coplay, PA 18037 www.pa-wireless.org
Alabama Wireless Association
Sixth Annual Golf Outing June 26 Highland Park Golf Course 3300 Highland Ave S Birmingham, AL 35205 www.alabamawireless.org
August
APCO Annual Conference
Aug. 16-20
Las Vegas
Missouri/Kansas Wireless AssociationFourth Annual Golf Tournament Benefiting Foundation Fighting Blindness Aug.18 Deer Creek Golf Club 7000 W. 133rd Street. Overland Park, KS 66209 www.mokanwireless.org Kentucky Wireless Association3rd Annual Charity Golf Outing Benefiting Kosair Charities Aug. 20 Heritage Hill Golf Club 1050 Valley View Drive Shepherdsville, KY 40165 www.kentuckywireless.org
September
Pennsylvania Wireless AssociationPWA Golf Tournament Sept. 10 Deer Valley Golf Club 101 Stoudt Road Hummelstown, PA 17036 www.pa-wireless.org New England Wireless Association
2009 NEWA Golf Outing Sept. 14 Bear Hill Golf Club 2 North St Stoneham, MA 02180-1000 www.negwa.org PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show
Sept. 21-24 The Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Nashville, TN www.pcia.com | |
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