Lease Amendment Speeds 4G,

Fuels Site Rental Revenue
Crown Castle used its third quarter earnings call to announce that it has amended a lease agreement with a U.S. customer to cover all the deployment of 4G equipment. Together with the backend-loaded nature of tower leasing, the amendment led to third quarter site rental revenue of $437 million, compared with $409.6 million in the second quarter. MORE

Huntington Beach Turns

its Back on T-Mobile
T-Mobile has lost the first round of its suit in U.S. District Court against the city of Huntington Beach, Calif. The suit alleges that officials broke a contract for the deployment of two cell towers camouflaged as trees in city parks, according to the Orange County Register. MORE

Antenna Heater
The Radio Waves IceGuard antenna heater system includes a heated radome and an advanced controller. The controller provides variable power to the heated radome and monitors the ambient temperature to determine when power should be applied, thus keeping the radome at a temperature warm enough to melt ice and snow during inclement weather conditions. Antennas purchased with the antenna heater include a hydrophobic coated radome. www.radiowavesinc.com

Site Access Control
CyberLock from Videx is an electronic access control system for securing physical and cyber assets at remote locations that have no access to power. The CyberLock system uses the mechanical lock hardware and padlocks that are already being used at a site and requires no wiring. Each mechanical lock's cylinder is replaced with a CyberLock electronic cylinder to gain access control and audit reporting. www.videx.com

Lightning Protection
Times Microwave Systems has introduced the LP-STRL series of RF lightning and surge protection products, which is a DC-blocked design with surge performance designed for the new LTE requirements in the 680 MHz to 2200 MHz range. The Times-Protect LP-STRL family features PIM performance, low insertion loss and low return loss over the entire operating band and surge performance. The LP-STRL series has high power handling capability and will withstand multiple strikes. www.timesmicrowave.com