Tied-in Worker Inexplicably Falls From Cell Tower
Even though he appeared to be taking appropriate precautions and was wearing a safety harness, a technician fell 100 feet from a cell tower in Erie, Pa., according to the Erie Times-News, and was taken to a medical center for treatment. MORE |
CitySwitch Buy Expands GTP Footprint
Global Tower Partners (GTP) has purchased the wireless assets, income and attachments built on the easement of the Norfolk Southern railway from CitySwitch, a cell site developer. The acquisition also includes CitySwitch's tower development and marketing agreements with the railroad. MORE |

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American Tower Financing Indian Tower Purchase
American Tower, once thought to be one of Reliance Communications' suitors, has become a player in the Indian market on a smaller scale with 7,400 tower sites. In August, American began a public offering in August of $700 million to finance its acquisition of Essar Telecom Infrastructure, which was announced last February. Essar owns and operates approximately 4,450 wireless sites in India. MORE |
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Mississippi Prison Fights Inmate Cell Phone Use Beleaguered corrections facilities struggle daily with cell phones that are smuggled in and then used by inmates to continue their "business" inside the prison walls. The Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., is using technology to help solve the problem. MORE |
Cell Tower Copper Thefts Total $3,550
Lee County, Fla., sheriff's officers are investigating the theft of seven copper buss bars from a cell tower in St. James City, Fla., according to WBBH NBC Channel 2. A field engineer for AT&T called deputies on August 31 after the buss bars had disappeared. MORE |
Lighting System
Hughey & Phillips has developed a line of 3G-enabled, medium-intensity strobe flashheads, which can be installed on new towers or can replace existing flashheads without needing to remove the controller or existing cabling. With the aid from telecommunication engineers, H&P has designed the unit to reduce any emitted RF to levels below detection of the new 3G antennas. Flashheads are available for all of the FlashGuard series flashheads (white, red, or dual). www.oblighting.com
Smart Key Vault
The CyberKey Vault 20 smart key cabinet from Vides offers accountability and key control. For a key to be programmed and released, an RFID card or PIN must be entered to open the vault. The key that is released contains the access permissions specific only to that person: what locks they may open and when. When the key is returned, an audit report of their entire key activity is generated and sent to management. www.cyberlock.com
Jumper Cables
Radio Waves has announced a line of low-loss high quality jumper cables, the RWR series. Available in both RWR-400 and RWR-600 these jumpers are made from high quality cable and connectors making it a one-top purchasing experience. www.radiowavesinc.com |
Anritsu continues its leadership position with its new Site Master family, full-featured handheld analyzers for installing, provisioning, maintaining, and troubleshooting wireless base station cable and antenna systems. Visit www.huttononline.com for more information on this product line and get YOURS! | |
3rd Quarter Meeting
Sept. 16 Renaissance Raleigh North Hills 4100 Main St. Raleigh, NC 27609 |
2nd Annual Golf Tournament
Benefiting Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Sept. 16 Cattail Creek Country Club
3600 Cattail Creek Drive Glenwood, MD 21738-9648 |
Sept. 20 - 21 Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center
1150 Camp Hill Bypass Camp Hill, PA 17011 |
Education and Networking Luncheon/Meeting Sept. 21 Woodbridge, New Jersey |
5th Annual Golf and Poker Tournament Sept. 21-22 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
777 S. Cherokee St. Catoosa, OK 74015
The Patriot Golf Club 5900 N. Patriot Drive Owasso, OK 74055 |
5th Annual Charity Golf Classic Benefiting Make A Wish Foundation and Special Operations Warrier Foundation
Sept. 23 ChampionsGate 1400 Masters Blvd. ChampionsGate, FL 33896 |
2nd Annual Golf Outing Sept. 23 Olympic Hills Golf Club
10625 Mount Curve Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55347 |
2010 NYSWA Golf Classic
Sept. 27
Orchard Creek Golf Club
6700 Dunnsville Road
Altamont, NY 12009 |
The 4th Annual Golf Tournament Sept. 30 Sky Meadow Country Club 6 Mountain Laurels Drive Nashua, NH 03062 |
October
Annual Southern California Golf Tournament and Dinner Oct. 1 26772 Avery Parkway Mission Viejo, CA 92692 |
The 2010 Wireless Infrastructure Show Oct. 4-7 Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa Hollywood, Fla. |
Texas Tower Summit Oct. 27 Lakeway Spa and Resort 101 Lakeway Drive Austin, TX 78734
Fall Charity Golf Tournament Oct. 28 Falconhead Golf Club 15201 Falconhead Blvd. Austin, TX 78738 |
Quarterly Meeting Nov. 4 Pine Tree Country Club 5100 Pine Whispers Drive Birmingham, AL 35210 |
2010 Radio Frequency Safety Officer Training Course Nov. 15-16 Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix North 3838 E. Van Buren St. Phoenix, AZ 85008 |
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