Despite some speedbumps laid by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the rollout of 5G wireless service continues across the United States. 5G companies keep adding to the list of cities where various levels of 5G service are available, including the...

When it comes to the fast-paced utility and telecommunications deployments needed to meet the 5G rollout timeline, every hour is money. The number of decisions to be made, as well as the expanding number of stakeholders involved, puts a premium on...

In modern asset management, time is money. Whether a company’s assets are utility poles or cell towers, many costs—such as personnel, equipment, permitting fees, and contract rates—are fixed. Saving money and improving ROI depends largely on finding...

When 5G wireless service appeared in the first few US markets more than two years ago, it arrived on a wave of anticipation. The industry itself, media sources, and government entities such as the FCC had built enormous anticipation among tech-savvy...

In simpler times, joint use asset management for a utility or communications company wasn’t so daunting. It was important work, to be sure, but engineers, diligent field inspectors, and skilled maintenance personnel could handle it comfortably. A...

Learn Why Driving Operational Efficiencies Is Essential to Increasing ROI at the Tower

Alden Systems CEO John Sciarabba spoke during the Above Ground Level (AGL) Virtual Summit in June. He participated in the session, “Increasing ROI at the Tower,”...

Although remote sensing has been around in some form for many decades, this technology has emerged as one of the most transformative trends in modern industry and, recently, our society. Remote sensors have served a variety of purposes. However, the...

A couple of years into the deployment of 5G technology many asset owners, including utilities and municipal governments, continue to receive an ever-growing number of joint use requests. Increasing consumer demand for reliable mobile phone service,...

The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that at the beginning of 2021, at least 3.8 million households with school-aged children lacked home internet access part of or all the time, according to a report from the National Governor’s Association. This basic...

As communications and broadband technology evolved rapidly over the past two decades, optical fiber networks played a central role. Speed and reliability are the top values for consumers of today’s technology — and fiber is built for speed and...