BROWSING: Drones

AT&T said its recent trials of drones as surrogate tower climbers have been highly successful, and that it plans to be using drones in its tower operations by the end of September. "Every time we use a drone it's just one less tower climb. Every...

Amazon has patented a routing system for drones that will rely on cell towers, church steeples and other vertical structures to refuel the company's unmanned aerial vehicles. "The docking stations can extend the range of UAVs by providing recharging/refueling stations for the UAVs," according to...

Drones are already in use for cell tower inspections, next step could be drones as small cells AT&T has been testing potential drone applications for a year now, and this week the company announced the trial phase of its national drone program. The carrier foresees...

This webinar presents an overview of tower technology and tower investment trends, followed by a discussion of drone usage on cell towers and fiber testing. Three of the four major carriers now have processes in place to enable drones to inspect their tower top...

This report highlights the types of tower technology amendments that carriers foresee in the months ahead and ways that the tower companies can support the carriers as networks evolve. Carrier aggregation, C-RAN, and eventually 600 megahertz spectrum deployments will all mean more tower activity. In...

Safety and skill diversification the focus of this year's conference NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The National Association of Tower Erectors' NATE Unite 2016 conference wrapped up this week in New Orleans with a continued focus on safety but also an eye toward the future. One of the...

5 things to know today: Verizon's XO buy and 5G tests, AT&T's LTE drones and $10 billion investment 1. Verizon Communications has agreed to pay $1.8 billion for XO Communications' fiber-optic network business. In addition, Verizon will lease available wireless spectrum from XO, and has...

As the "Internet of Things" continues to develop, with industrial applications leading the way, new chipsets are set to allow IoT devices to connect to the Verizon LTE network. The chipsets developed to support IoT connections to the Verizon Wireless LTE network were developed by...

Smile, you're on camera Cell tower battery theft is becoming an increasingly common occurrence. This time the crime took place in Warren, Mich. According to local police, the cell tower site thefts started occurring in July and were believed to be perpetrated by a single individual....

FAA gives online retailer Amazon experimental license E-commerce giant Amazon’s ambitions to provide delivery via drone gained some traction on March 19 with federal regulators granting the company an “experimental airworthiness certificate.” The Federal Aviation Administration gave Amazon Logistics permission to start testing drone operations under...

Regulations for drones in the works WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration last month released its proposed framework of regulations that would allow routine use of unmanned aircraft systems – drones – for commercial purposes. Until recently, the use of UAS in...