California Wildfire Threatens Towers on Mt. Wilson

Vol. 3, No. 17

Sept. 1, 2009

Wireless Systems Engineering, Planning, Project Management, RF Compliance, Structural. Surveying and Site Security

California Wildfire Threatens Towers on Mt. Wilson
Wildfires approaching 5,700-foot tall Mount Wilson in Southern California threaten a tower farm that includes radio, TV and cellular communications facilities, including 22 Los Angeles TV stations and 25 FM radio stations, as well as police and fire dispatch. American Tower owns seven of those structures. (Photo: Mount Wilson Observatory TowerCam) MORE

Aesthetics Can be the Basis of Cell Tower Rejection, Court Rules
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that aesthetic concerns can be a valid basis for rejecting a tower proposal. It decided in favor of the Platte County, Mo., Planning and Zoning Commission's denial of Sprint Spectrum's application for a special use permit to construct a cell tower. MORE

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ERF Wireless Growing Rural Wireless Infrastructure
With stimulus funds on the way to rural areas, you might think companies are waiting to deploy broadband to less-populated areas. ERF Wireless is proof positive that the rural wireless Internet service providers (WISP) are not letting any grass grow under their feet. In the past seven months, the Texas-based firm has grown its coverage area almost 10 percent, adding more than 16,000 square miles of coverage. MORE

Rural Broadband Co. to Expand Wireless Operations
Rural wireless broadband provider Omnicity is another company that may benefit greatly from the use of federal stimulus funding in its quest to advance high-speed Internet to the less-populated areas across the nation. Omnicity is already expanding its operations and investing $2.5 million in wireless infrastructure. MORE

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Analyst Sees Early Signs of Difficulty for WiMAX
The future does not look good for WiMAX, at least in the heavily populated areas, as the North American CDMA operators lean toward deploying Long Term Evolution (LTE), rather than to WiMAX, according to Terry Norman, senior analyst at Analysys Mason, based in London. MORE

Research Firm Projects Leap in Global LTE Usage
A report from Pyramid Research painted a rosy picture for the growth of LTE with worldwide subscriptions growing at a 404 percent clip year over year from 2010 to 2014, according to Daniel Locke, analyst at Pyramid, who noted the surge of support for a single protocol among major players, a level of support not seen since analog cellular. MORE

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Underground Utility Damages Declining, Report
A study by the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) estimates the total number of incidents of underground utility damage was 200,000 in 2008, down from 256,000 in 2007 and well below the total of 450,000 in 2004. MORE

Cell Tower Repeatedly Vandalized
Copper may be down, but cells sites are still targets. Police are investigating damage done to a cell phone tower near Rome, Ga., according to the Rome News-Tribune. Floyd County police report that the damaged AT&T cell tower has been vandalized several times this year. The latest incident, which damaged a generator, equipment wiring and a perimeter fence, was caught partially on a security camera. The damage was listed at $3,000.

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