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Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Volume 6 | Issue 222

Carriers Work to Maintain, Restore Networks in CA Wildfires

FirstNet mobile cell site (SatCOLT or Satellite Cell on Light Truck) is up and running at Canyon View Drive in Paradise, CA Tweet: Leland Kim.

Even though yesterday was a federal holiday, some personnel at the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland SecurityBureau were in contact with carriers and safety agencies in California as the wildfires continued to burn. FCCCommissioner Brendan Carr tweeted that agency staff are “engaged and closely coordinating” efforts to maintain andrestore communications in the affected areas.

AT&T said its Network Disaster Recovery team deployed four portable cell sites, or SatCOLTs (Cell on Light Trucks)to affected areas, including the Los Angeles Fire Command Camp and the Paradise Police Department. TheSatCOLTs sites will provide connectivity for customers and first responders in areas where traditional cell sites havebeen damaged or affected by power outages. The carrier has additional assets staged throughout the state for quickdeployment once conditions allow. It opened up its network to other carriers’ customers.

T-Mobile is monitoring the destructive Camp, Woolsey, and Hill wildfires in Northern and Southern California. Thecarrier is tracking the situation, including any impacts on its network, and “evaluating the ways we can best assist ourcustomers and employees.”

Verizon said it’s made “significant progress” in our network restoration efforts, and is continuing to make repairs asconditions allow. Network impact is due to power outages and third-party transport issues caused by the fires. Verizonhas deployed Cell On Wheels (COWs) where safe to do so. Continue Reading

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MissouriRapidSOS Pinpoints 911 Callers’ Location Within Three FeetSt. Charles County Emergency Communications recently upgraded its 911 system by integrating RapidSOS,according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The county reported RapidSOS enables them to locate 911 callers who areusing Apple’s iOS 12 on their iPhones by using Hybridized Emergency Location information. The technologypinpoints the location of the caller within three feet, and allows for the faster dispatch of police, fire and EMSresources.

“The safety of our residents and visitors is a priority for St. Charles County Government,” county executive SteveEhlmann said. “Our new Emergency Operations Center...is equipped with the latest technology to maintain andsupport the county’s Next Generation 911 phone system and digital P25 radio system.” Continue Reading Bidding Starts Tomorrow in 28 GHz Spectrum AuctionOnline and telephone bidding starts tomorrow in the FCC’s 28 GHz spectrum auction. It’s the first auction of high-band spectrum for 5G use.

Auction 101 will offer 3,072 Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service (UMFUS) licenses in the 27.5–28.35 GHz band.40 bidders are expected to participate. Inside Towers reported they include AT&T Spectrum Frontiers, Verizon, CoxCommunications, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Frontier Communications and Windstream.

Bidding in round 1 begins at 10 a.m. Eastern and ends at noon. Round 2 bidding is slated to begin at 2 p.m. and endat 4 p.m. The FCC set the highest minimum opening bids at $659,000 each for two spectrum blocks in Hidalgo, TX.Comments? Email us.

MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service Upgrades With FirstNetMetroAtlanta Ambulance Service (MAAS) implemented a technology upgrade with FirstNet, the nationwidebroadband communications network for First Responders. MAAS officials say FirstNet gives their communicationscapabilities a boost, providing a reliable and highly secure connection.

“Radio communication with local dispatch centers, hospitals and other responding agencies are critically importantwhen responding to emergencies,” said MAAS President/CEO Pete Quinones. “This tech upgrade equips

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MetroAtlanta’s EMS personnel with new capabilities and reliable access to critical communication while in the field, sothey can better serve patients across Georgia.”

MAAS says it joined FirstNet to tap into unique benefits the dedicated communications platform brings to publicsafety: Traditional public safety networks don’t support apps and video, but FirstNet does. This can enable MAAS touse data in new ways.

After Hurricane Michael devastated communities along Florida’s gulf coast and throughout South Georgia,MetroAtlanta Ambulance deployed ambulance units to help evacuate patients from Bay Medical Sacred HeartHospital in Panama City, FL. Using FirstNet, MAAS crews were in constant communication with its dispatch center innorth Georgia as well as the transferring hospital in Panama City, FL. “With so many users trying to make cellularcalls during that time, an open line of communication likely wouldn’t have been available without FirstNet,” saysQuinones.

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“Macros” Still Have the Winds of Demand at Their BacksBarclays analyst Amir Rozwadowski had positive news to report following meetings with tower, data and fiber execslast week at the NAREIT trade show, hosted by the National Association of REITs. He said he was made“incrementally more comfortable on the current demand backdrop across the communications infrastructure space.”

Rozwadowski said U.S. macro site investment is not slowing down and data center capacity requirements continue togrow. While fiber's increasing role in future network designs seems to be growing, the ability to capitalize on risingdemand requirements is under question. Continue Reading

New YorkBy the Time We Got to Woodstock We Couldn’t Get a Signal

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Woodstock, New York will soon implement a new comprehensive plan set to improve cellcoverage for rural areas of the town, Hudson Valley One reported. The comprehensive planis a document created, following a town survey and several meetings with the public,detailing future town operations for the next 10-20 years.

During a public hearing, local Woodstock officials pressed to have some of the languagechanged to lower the urgency of solving cell coverage issues. Supervisor Bill McKennasaid, “It’s a great sentiment and I know the public wants it, but we’re not in a position to

extend anything.” According to Hudson Valley One, the only way to improve coverage in suffering areas would be tohave new towers installed, but the town is expected to raise opposition to that solution. Continue Reading

Verizon, Responder Corp., Co-Found 5G First Responder LabVerizon and Responder Corp., founded what they say is the first 5G First Responder Lab,that will give startups and other innovators access to 5G technology to develop, test andrefine 5G solutions for public safety.

“Our 5G First Responder Lab will give technology innovators the opportunity to developapplications and use cases that leverage the unique capabilities of 5G, and to bring thosesolutions to market more quickly,” said Toby Redshaw, Verizon SVP of Strategy, Innovationand Product Development.

Located in the company’s 5G Lab at Alley – a membership community for entrepreneurs – in Washington D.C., thelab will bring together 15 innovators in three groups to develop public safety solutions over a one-year period.Responder Corp. Co-Founder/CEO Nathanial Wish called the partnership with Verizon a “huge step forward,” adding:“Verizon’s 5G network has the potential to enable some of the most promising and beneficial technologies we’vecome across.”

Applications are open now through December 31, for the first group. Learn more and apply here.

Through WINGS, Phoenix Tower Donates Over $100K in 2018

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WINGS, Phoenix Tower’s (PTI) charitable arm, was founded to “rise up to give back” by engaging in a wide range ofphilanthropic initiatives benefiting multiple charitable organizations. PTI is on track in 2018 to donate $100,000 tovarious charitable organizations across the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean and will double thatcommitment for 2019.

Dagan Kasavana, CEO of Phoenix Tower International, shares that community service is a key foundation of PTI’sculture and values, adding that “at PTI, we have a corporate mission that is bigger than making a profit – we aredevoted to creating a positive impact in the communities where we do business through increased wirelessconnectivity, contributions to amazing charitable organizations in every country we do business in, and time andenergy from our people to help support these causes in all markets are present." Continue Reading

Small Cell 4-Port Antenna Supports 4X4 MIMORadioWaves, a maker of microwave antennas and accessories, unveiled the new 4-port PseudoOmni antenna for the 2500-2700 MHz frequency band.

The Pseudo Omni, according to its makers, “offers excellent performance in a small aestheticform factor and is ideal for small cell deployments with a compact design allowing for installationin city mandated enclosures and street furniture while meeting PIM, gain and isolationrequirements.”

“The small cell market is continuing to see rapid growth as mobile operators are building out networks to support 5G,”said Ken Izatt, RF Product Manager for RadioWaves. “The 2.6 GHz Pseudo Omni is the only antenna of its size with4 ports that supports 4x4 MIMO addressing small cell deployments.”

Product features include:

4-port Omni antenna, 2500-2700 MHz with 45° slantCovers the 2.5-2.7 GHz frequency bands

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Versatile high gain (5.5dBi) Omni antennaSmall form factor addresses difficult coverage areas4x4 MIMO in a compact form – 23.1 inchesLow PIM and minimal azimuth ripple

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Amazon’s Floating Warehouse: Drone-Delivered to Your Doorstep

Known for its willingness to adopt new technology, Amazon already delivers merchandise via drone. Going one stepfurther, Amazon may have plans to bring consumers the entire store, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Arecently filed patent confirms the e-commerce giant envisions "aerial fulfillment centers," (or AFC's) drifting across theskies as drones flit about making deliveries.

Essentially an AFC is a warehouse that is held aloft and propelled by a blimp. According to the patent, “An AFC maybe positioned at an altitude above a metropolitan area and be designed to maintain an inventory of items that may bepurchased by a user and delivered to the user by an ‘unmanned aerial vehicle’ or UAV that is deployed from theAFC."

Picture a blimp hive with worker bee drones, ahem, flying in and out delivering packages. Whether or not Amazonever constructs aerial fulfillment centers is anyone's guess but credit them for continuing to find new ways to delivergoods to consumers.

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Longview, TXMastec, 101 Gum Springs Road, equipment addition to lease space at cell tower, $25,000 Source: Longview News-Journal

Pelzer, SCCity council approved an American Tower contract taking effect in 2023, that increases monthly payments from thetower to more than $2,900 with an additional $70,000 signing bonus. Source: The Journal

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CTI Towers is the nation's third largest private wireless tower company and is seeking anexperienced, highly motivated, organized individual to fill a full-time position as Project Manager inthe eastern United States for its growing tower operations department.

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Please forward resumes along with contact information to hr@ctitowers.com.

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Are you a tower technician who would love to live in Austin and be able to come home everyweekend? ESA Engineering is looking for full crews and tower technicians to work out of theirAustin, Texas headquarters. ESA offers a competitive pay and benefits package includinghealth insurance and an IRA retirement contribution matching program while being a great

place to work with a real family atmosphere. We have the happiest crews and the best employee retention in theindustry. Apply at www.esafiber.com or send your resume to info@esafiber.com.

MasTec Network Solutions is Hiring Multiple Positions

MasTec Network Solutions is holding career fairs across the country and hiring for multiplepositions! Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn to be the first to see our opportunities. Apply online atmnscareers.mastec.com.

Daley Tower Service, Inc. – Tower Technician

A mainstay in the communications industry for over 50 years, Daley Tower Service, Inc. is nowhiring experienced tower technicians based out of our Carencro, LA office. We offer a competitivecompensation package for qualified individuals based on knowledge and experience. Interestedparties should email johnny@daleytower.com for more information, or apply here.

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