The Durathon battery from GE Energy Storage is an environmentally friendly technology uses sodium chemistry to capture excess energy from the diesel fuel generators. When the generator is off and the battery is fully charged, it feeds the stored power back to the cell tower. This hybrid, cyclical charge/discharge operation reduces fuel consumption by up… Continue »
Relion’s E-2500 fuel cell system provides reliable, scalable, environmentally-benign backup power solutions for telecom applications. The E-2500 power solutions may be indoor rack-mounted or housed in a rugged, compact enclosure tested to Telcordia GR-487-CORE and CSA safety regulations. Hydrogen fueling solutions offer runtime options from hours to weeks between refueling. Remote monitoring and control software… Continue »
Even with weather hindrances, such as Superstorm Sandy, Sprint nearly doubled the number of sites in its Network Vision sites on air in the last 90 days, with more than 8,000 sites in 58 cities, according to the fourth quarter 2012 earnings conference call. LTE services are expected to commence in nearly 170 more expected… Continue »
If a local authority does not act on an application for a new wireless facility within 150 days and within 90 days for a modification, the application would be deemed granted, according to a rewrite of the “Advanced Broadband Collocation Act” being considered by the Georgia House of Representatives. The verbiage in the proposed bill… Continue »
Legislation has been introduced in Missouri that would enforce a less restrictive process of cell site development across the state. In Missouri, the initiative, known as the Uniform Wireless Communications Infrastructure Deployment Act, House Bill 345 and Senate Bill 241 have been introduced to make sure that a municipality does not place onerous requirements or… Continue »
Dell’Oro Group has published a report showing that public-access small-cell equipment comprising service-provider Wi-Fi (SP Wi-Fi), and evolved WCDMA/LTE and multimode WCDMA/LTE/Wi-Fi small-cell radios, will drive future growth in the market. According to Stefan Pongratz, senior analyst with Dell’Oro Group, the report finds that the small-cell markets, including the public-access market (residential and enterprise), will… Continue »