How JMA Wireless is revolutionising mobile wireless performance for MNOs around the world

Guest editorial by Caroline Gabriel, Research Director and Co-founder of Rethink Research outlines bottlenecks for operators in deploying heterogeneous networks

Proving the economics and business model to roll out distributed networks across indoor and outdoor locations

On October 2nd M2Catalyst provided a crowdsourced report looking at Puerto Rico, showing that 86% of the cell site antennas were still down. In that study, the M2Catalyst data scientists analyzed 8.8 million records, identified 26,419 antenna sectors and found that 86% cell antenna sectors were missing in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

TowerXchange: What are the expectations with regards to the approval of the new telecom law? And how effective is the law likely to be in speeding the permitting process for new sites?

An updated report from the TowerXchange Meetup Americas 2017

An interview with SerEnergy, provider of silent and emission free power solutions for telecoms

ROK Mobile (a nationwide provider of wireless and social impacting value-added services) has partnered with M2Catalyst (a crowdsourcing platform) to help illustrate the continued devastating effect hurricane Maria has had on wireless communications and to help direct repair efforts in Puerto Rico. By crowdsourcing the number of unique cell phone connections before and after the hurricane, M2Catalyst can show 86% of the island’s cell towers are still non-operational.

A view through the lens of the Global Listed Infrastructure Organisation

Since the beginning of the year, American Tower has acquired 2,796 towers in four separate transactions and distinct markets across Central and Latin America. Not to mention the 1,000 urban sites and 2,500km of fibre it added to its portfolio following the acquisition of Argentinian firm CyCSA at the end of 2016. Here is a summary of what the towerco acquired over the past few months and the key characteristics of each deal.

A roundup of tower news across Central and Latin America

Calls for infrastructure sharing and a more diverse offering from towercos to meet rising mobile demand