From the very start of the wireless service industry, the carriers sought to build tall towers to broad cast their analog radio signals as far as possible. With few if any users, the carrier sought to cover their licensed areas with as few towers as possible. Carriers even gave their landlords free phones and service as part of their rent payments. As the 2G digital technologies like CDMA and GSM along with the first smart phones and…
A few of you have asked me about the new GLG Scholar badge on the SellTower website. What better way to answer than to use my blog to tell you about the Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG). The GLG business model is to provide an online forum to connect those with needs for specific information or technical understanding with the experts in the industry in question. The largest group of GLG customers are investors such as venture capitalists, asset…
The FCC’s Pole Attachments Order issued April 7, reduced the timeline for telecom providers to attach communications equipment (network electronics and fiber cable) to utility poles, and also set rates for attachments by telecommunications companies at or near the rate paid by cable companies. The FCC justified this order by asserting that lowering the attachment rates and attachment timelines will assist in expanding the availability of affordable broadband as set under the National Broadband Plan. There is no doubt that wireless carriers would…
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