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This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 10, 2022. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here. 

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This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 3, 2022. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here. 

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The United States has always been an attractive market for foreign investment and trade, mainly due to its size and pro-business practices. Yet there are rules and regulations to which foreign investors must adhere before they can take an ownership stake in any American company.

At the same time, there are trade restrictions on foreign sourced equipment and technology that may be coming into the country. This has been a big talk point in wireless in recent years.

Navigating these rules and regulations can be daunting for most businesses, as changes and revisions are made regularly.

Jim Wholey, Partner, and International Attorney at Phillips Lytle shares his expertise and insights on U.S. foreign investment and trade with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor.

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This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of December 13, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here. 

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To look at a tower, the structure itself is obvious, as are the antenna mounts high up on the tower and the antennas themselves.

What few people appreciate is the actual nuts and bolts needed to assemble and secure towers and other types of cell site locations, so these sites perform as designed. Many of these fastening elements and piece parts are standardized and can be procured from various suppliers and distributors.

But there is also an ongoing need for specialty items and customized designs that feature in cell site assembly and construction.

Bruce Carmichael, Sales Manager at Allfasteners talks to John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor about the challenges in constructing wireless infrastructure and some novel solutions that Allfasteners has developed.

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This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of December 6, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here. 

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Mobile network operators are in the midst of rapid network expansion and upgrades to 5G to meet increasing user demand for mobile data. Network reliability and resiliency have become paramount as was evident during the pandemic, and after natural disasters. If cell sites go off the air either due to equipment failure or loss of power, calls cannot get through and lives could be endangered in emergency situations.

Managing thousands of cell sites is a challenge for any network operator. Basic alarm monitoring is no longer sufficient. Today’s telecom systems are complex and require some level of automation and remote control to keep them on the air.

Jon Baars, Director-Sales & Marketing at Asentria talks telecom site automation with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor.

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This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of November 29, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here. 

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After a brief hiatus, The Wireless Water Cooler, a podcast hosted by Inside Towers Managing Editor, Jim Fryer, and WIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein, restocked and met with Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH). Latta is the Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and has prioritized innovation in the telecommunications industry while pushing for increased access and deployment of high-speed broadband. He was first elected in 2007 to the same northwestern Ohio district his father once held for 30 years. 

Listen in on this candid half-hour conversation with the Congressman as he discusses his work on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he and his colleagues introduced a comprehensive package of 28 bills aimed at improving the digital divide. Latta discusses how important it is to reduce unnecessary barriers to build out and to streamline siting. The recent actions by the FAA to delay the rollout of C-band was also on the agenda and the Congressman spoke frankly about actions that may be necessary to expedite the process. 

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This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of November 15, 2021. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here. 

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