Podcasts about wireless infrastructure

We often hear about municipalities or individuals pushing back on new cell tower developments in their communities over location or aesthetics. A recent case involved two competing tower companies that went to court over a siting dispute with an interesting outcome.Rod Carter, Partner, Jake Remington, Senior Counsel, and Joe Diedrich, Senior Associate, all with Husch Blackwell's Telecom Law Practice, offer a briefing on the case and what transpired in conversation with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor.Support the show

Microwave Journal editors Eric Higham and Pat Hindle talk with Earl Lum, the President of EJL Wireless Research, about what he's seeing in wireless infrastructure markets and his thoughts about what the future holds for this segment. 

Fiber optic systems are used everywhere to provide high speed connections to buildings, towers, and data centers. Increasing demand for high-speed data, streaming video and burgeoning AI-enabled services is driving construction and expansion of fiber routes to provide more connectivity. At the same time, the market has become a mix of large and small fiber operators, all competing for a piece of the business.Tyler Coates, Chief Revenue Officer at FiberLight discusses with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor the fiber market's opportunities and challenges.Support the Show.

Planning and building digital infrastructure is hard and requires technical and project management capabilities and skills that few organizations can offer at scale.Fullerton is an established engineering and construction management firm that handles projects for tower companies and communications service providers to deploy wireless or fiber networks, outdoors and inside buildings. The company takes a project from the architectural and engineering phase through coordinating and managing the flow of materials and labor needed to complete the job to customer specifications.Kelly Lazuka, CEO at Fullerton shares her perspectives and outlook on the telecom infrastructure services business in conversation with John Celentano, Inside Towers, Business Editor. Support the Show.

Explore the world of telecom leadership with Carrie Charles on the latest episode of 5G Talent Talk. Joining her is Lynn Whitcher, the President of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum (WWLF) and General Counsel for MD7. Lynn shares her remarkable journey from litigator to telecom industry leader, offering insights into the evolving landscape of wireless infrastructure and the crucial role of women within it.In this episode, Lynn emphasizes the significance of networking and relationship-building in the telecom industry, shedding light on WWLF's mission to support and empower women professionals. Discover the wealth of opportunities available through WWLF, a national organization powered by the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA), as Lynn and Carrie delve into the organization's impactful programs and networking events, including the WWLF annual event coming up at Connect (X) in Atlanta. Learn how WWLF is driving change by promoting STEM careers and advocating for greater female representation in the wireless industry.Join the conversation as Lynn and Carrie explore the importance of employer support, the evolution of diversity initiatives, and the power of self-investment in career advancement. Whether you're a seasoned professional or a budding talent, this episode offers actionable insights and inspiration for thriving in the dynamic world of telecom.  Join the 5G Talent Talk community today: broadstaffglobal.comInstagramLinkedInFacebookYouTube

Co-hosts Patrick Halley, WIA CEO and President, and Jim Fryer, Inside Towers Managing Editor recently chatted with U.S. Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01) on the Wireless Water Cooler podcast. The five-term Congressman is Chair of the Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee and was formerly Vice Chair of the Communications & Technology subcommittee.In this lively and candid half hour talk, Rep. Carter discusses a variety of issues including how BEAD money will connect his constituents across the coastal region of Georgia. The conversation also covered how Congress works with NTIA and the FCC to ensure federal money results in timely and quality deployment. Rep. Carter discusses how Georgia has an excellent Broadband Ready Cities certification program that gives guidelines to cities and counties to streamline permitting for broadband, with 49 communities already certified. Support the show

The tower business is alive and well, despite the slower pace of network builds among the U.S. mobile network operators. While the public tower companies are guiding to low single-digit growth in 2024, there is movement among the smaller, private tower companies.Private tower deals tend to be small, from a few towers to a few hundred towers at a time. Still, tower acquisitions are taking place, both domestically and internationally. In the process, a few mid-size tower companies are growing their business through these acquisitions.Everest Infrastructure Partners is one such company.Matt Newton, CEO and Mike Mackey, President of Everest Infrastructure Partners along with Clayton Funk, Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey talk to John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor about the company's business model and its success to date, along with the outlook for the tower business.Support the show

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of April 1, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support the show

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Co-hosts Patrick Halley, WIA CEO and President, and Jim Fryer, Inside Towers Managing Editor recently chatted with Alex Gellman, Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Vertical Bridge on the Wireless Water Cooler podcast.In this lively and candid half hour talk, Gellman discussed a variety of issues including recent slowdowns in MNO activity and how Vertical Bridge is responding. He shared how the company is handling new macro tower builds and M&A strategy. In his first interview since being inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame, Gellman reflected on the state of the industry, how it has progressed in the past decade and where it has fallen short.Support the show

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of October 16, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support the show

With the slowdown in tower construction and RAN installation work, the challenge for infrastructure operators and their contractors is how to reallocate those skills and human resources to other new activity on the ground, particularly, fiber and increasingly, EV charging station projects. Learning Alliance offers a range training and certification programs that help field technicians expand their qualifications and skills to work in multidisciplinary environments.Cesar Ruiz, CEO of Learning Alliance shares with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor, his perspectives on how his firm is helping with this workforce transition.Support the show

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of October 9, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support the show

With continuing demand for broadband and mobile data connectivity, and the specter of artificial intelligence having a big upside impact, there are opportunities for infrastructure companies that are focused on a vertical market like towers, or a portfolio of assets that includes fiber, small cells, and data centers. At the same time, there are challenges to acquiring and owning and operating infrastructure assets. StratCap Wireless is a company that is steadily building its digital infrastructure portfolio. Todd Rowley, CEO of StratCap Wireless talks about the company's progress and outlook with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor. Support the show

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of October 9, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support the show

In August, Spartaco Group announced that it acquired Ronin Revolution, the designer and manufacturer of battery-powered ascenders.Nick Skrobot, CEO of Spartaco and Bryant Bertrand, CEO of Ronin join John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor, to discuss the acquisition, where Ronin and its battery-powered ascenders fit in Spartaco's lineup of professional tool manufacturers, and what the deal may mean for both companies going forward. Support the show

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of September 25, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support the show

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Co-hosts Patrick Halley, President and CEO of the Wireless Infrastructure Association, and Jim Fryer, Managing Editor of Inside Towers, chat with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr as part of their informal, monthly “Wireless Water Cooler” discussions with industry leaders. In this lively half-hour conversation, Commissioner Carr discusses a range of topics, including the success of fixed wireless as the fasted growing home broadband service, workforce development, his appreciation and regard for tower workers, and the bipartisanship inherent in the FCC and Congress over wireless infrastructure issues. Support the show

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of June 12, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support the show

BAI Communications in recent years has established itself as a provider of shared communications infrastructure used in public transportation systems, sports and entertainment venues, real estate and hospitality facilities, military bases, and smart cities, through different operating groups. BAI now is rebranding its operations in the northern hemisphere as Boldyn Networks.Christos Karmis, CEO of Boldyn Networks talks about the new organization with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor.Support the show

There are over 5.9 million commercial buildings and large venues in the U.S., according to the EIA Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey. Roughly 80 percent of all mobile voice and data calls originate or terminate inside buildings. With so many buildings and structures of varying shapes and sizes, there is a massive challenge for mobile network operators and building owners alike to ensure that wireless signals can be transmitted and received inside these buildings. But getting wireless signals inside buildings can be tricky and the costs are high.Ryan Hanson, President, and Eric Hudson, Vice President of Engineering, at Ontivity's Mountain Wireless Construction business unit discuss with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor about what's involved in designing and installing big in-building wireless systems.Support the show

What does the current landscape of the NTIA and $42 billion in BEAD funds look like? Hosts of the Wireless Water Cooler, WIA CEO and President Patrick Halley and Inside Towers Managing Editor Jim Fryer find out as they interview two of the agency's top executives. Listen in on this exclusive interview with NTIA's Scott Harris, its Director National Spectrum Strategy and Sarah Morris, its Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary.  Topics include a dive into the goals of the national spectrum strategy and how we should be thinking about the future of low, medium and high bands moving forward. Are we still on track for the June 30 allocation deadline?  How does fixed wireless fit into the BEAD program as a viable tool for connectivity?Support the show

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of April 10, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support the show

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Running a tower business is complex. It involves everything from managing towers and equipment they support, to scheduling and tracking labor and material costs, to marketing the site and administering tenant leases for large numbers of towers. For some time, businesses have used enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to manage their operations. Now there is an ERP system specifically for tower companies.Luis Lopez Garay, Consulting Senior Manager at Crowe discusses with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor, the Crowe Tower Accelerator, tailored ERP solution for tower companies.Support the show

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of February 13, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support the show

Tower climbing has been cited as one of the most dangerous jobs anywhere. A big part of the challenge for working at heights is just the physical toll that climbing up and down tall structures demands. Often the fatigue factor raises the injury risk level for workers.Power ascenders are being incorporated into tower climbing training courses and safety standards as a tool that can enhance climber health and safety.Bryant Bertrand, CEO of Ronin Revolution, developer of the RONIN LIFT power ascender joins John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor, with an update on power ascender acceptance and use in tower climbing.Learn more from the NATE/SEMC White Paper: “Powered Ascender Use on Antenna Supporting Structures”.  Stop by booth 326 at NATE Unite to meet with Ronin.Support the show

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Managing wireless and wireline telecom networks involves monitoring and interpreting a lot of data from thousands of sites and dozens of data points at each of those sites.Network managers need to know the status of their sites at all times, especially when power outages or equipment failures occur. They rely on detailed site data to make informed decisions for appropriate corrective actions or to dispatch field technicians.Jon Baars, Director-Sales & Marketing at Asentria discusses with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor, the business of site monitoring and how capturing and displaying large volumes of information helps to manage networks efficiently and cost-effectively.Support the show

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of December 5, 2022. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support the show

Sandeep begins by introducing himself, the company, and the backstory of the company. He then gives a high-level overview of the current state of AI and the leading use cases of adoption. Sandeep then focuses on the importance of AI and its ability to protect workers' safety. Ryan and Sandeep wrap up this discussion with a conversation around challenges to adoption and advice for companies looking to integrate AI into their business.Sandeep Pandya is CEO of Everguard.ai leading the way in the incorporation of wearables with computer vision, machine learning, and AI to make the world's industrial environments safer and more sustainable. Formed in 2019, Everguard.ai stemmed from Pandya's belief that the world is experiencing a technological renaissance and that the nexus of AI, digital connectivity, and information sharing will fundamentally reshape and improve how people and their communities sustain each other. Pandya is a technology veteran whose experience spans product introductions and innovations in semiconductors, connected devices, wireless infrastructure, cloud services, and novel AI/CV applications. His leadership has helped organizations of all sizes establish high-growth markets globally.Everguard's mission is to protect companies' most important assets — their people — with the first proactive technology solution dedicated to industrial sustainability. They're revolutionizing how heavy industry approaches worker safety, health, and welfare using AI technology to support companies in their missions to fulfill environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. Everguard.ai are the technologists behind Worker-Centric AI™, the world's first artificial intelligence platform to create a conscious environment powered by sensor fusion that senses distress and danger long before a human can. Worker-Centric AI™ ties together various industrial sensor technologies using sensor fusion, edge computing, and AI algorithms to enable them to perform in ways not possible independently. Everguard's enterprise solution, Sentri360®, utilizes Worker-Centric AI™ technology to create a Sentri Zone™ with workers at the center, continuously protecting them in the most complex industrial environments.