Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) plan to retire copper-based landlines in nine U.S. states won’t be automatically approved. The FCC says it needs more time to review Verizon’s proposal. The nine states are: ...

A tower mount may meet every structural requirement on paper, but still create challenges in the field if it interferes with a safety climb cable, doesn’t fit site-specific conditions, or arrives too ...

Although a shackle is one of the simplest tools in rigging, being only a U-shaped piece of metal secured by a pin, it has two very different histories, according to Kathy Gill, President and Founder ...

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) have introduced new bipartisan legislation to update and improve the Secure and ...

With Congress considering permitting reform and America’s broadband providers investing at “historic” levels, USTelecom President/CEO Jonathan Spalter is calling on lawmakers to ensure broadband ...

The Wireless West Conference was created by five wireless associations spanning the West Coast and Rocky Mountain States: Arizona Wireless Association, California Wireless Association, Colorado ...

When American Tower purchased CoreSite five years ago, some investors questioned the logic. They wanted to know what synergies would result from combining the tower and data center businesses, and why ...

UPDATE Maverix Broadband is disputing a Colorado Broadband Office report alleging misuse of public funding, findings that prompted the state to freeze projects involving the company and rescind a ...

UPDATE Speaking of the FBA’s new permitting reform report (see story above,) a more than 400-page permitting reform bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. While the package heavily ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public and expert input on potential health effects from electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency (RF) radiation produced by cell phones, WiFi, ...

For towercos, the value of a digital twin is not simply knowing what is on a site. It is using trusted site truth to make faster, higher-confidence decisions that move a colocation from opportunity to ...

Tower safety systems are easy to overlook until they are needed. For Allfasteners, that has kept attention on a relatively small component at the top of the safety climb: the energy absorber that ...