For anyone hoping that 2022 would slow down from 2021, that will not happen. We enjoyed a slight lull in activity in January, only to be slammed in February and March. What’s occupying us these days? AT&T C-Band Modifications. AT&T is adding C-Band equipment to their existing macrocells to provide mid-band (faster) 5G. Because they […]
Radio Frequency energy or RF has been in the news and is not likely to go away. Between 5G and COVID-19 conspiracies and more antennas RF will continue to be a hot button topic. How can you educate yourself? There are a few online resources, free of charge, with reputable RF energy information. However, they […]
As we do every year around this time, we provide our predictions for what we expect to happen in the upcoming year. Some of our predictions are safe and some are not. Some end up being correct and some aren’t. 1. 5G Continues to Underwhelm Consumers (For Now) . Wireless service providers launched their commercial […]
One of the joys of being on this side of the business is the relationships we form with landowners- both leads and clients. This morning, I spoke with a lead who owns some land near Kansas City where Sprint PCS erected one of their first PCS towers. The subject tower has its own storied history- […]
As a resident of the Syracuse area, I am excited to see Verizon and their interest to bring 5G via 600 small cells to our fair City. However, in their rush to try and become the “first fully 5G city,” the City of Syracuse seems to have bent over backward when entering the agreement with […]
The 3/6/19 FCC Filing by T-Mobile attempts to recharacterize how the merger “benefits” the consumer by expanding fixed or nomadic wireless broadband service. The filing suggests that T-Mobile will utilize the combined assets of the two companies to provide an alternative to home wired broadband in LTE in the near term and 5G in the […]
So here it comes – after Verizon, AT&T, and others successfully spent tens of millions on lobbying the FCC and state and federal legislators to provide nearly free access to city public rights of way and infrastructure, Verizon is now using the fact that they were successful in getting the FCC to make the order […]
On 2/11/2020, the final barrier to the Sprint/T-Mobile merger has been removed as a judge has ruled in their favor and determined the merger is not anti-competitive and should be allowed to proceed. (We disagree that the merger will not be anti-competitive but do believe it should be allowed to proceed). Here is what you […]
All in all, the conference was well done if not well attended. Personally, I think it is a rough year for wireless industry conferences. That is too bad in this case because the panels, for the most part, were thought-provoking and enjoyable. NEDAS chose the moderators and the participants well. Here is what we took […]
Kind of fascinating – there are rural areas and then there are rural areas. If you work or live in those rural areas without any cell tower coverage, it can be annoying. But consider going hundreds of miles without any towers. Until recently, this is what truckers driving the Dalton Highway in Alaska have done for some […]