Tower Talks with Inside Towers

Co-hosts Patrick Halley, WIA CEO and President, and Jim Fryer, Inside Towers Managing Editor recently chatted with U.S. Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01) on the Wireless Water Cooler podcast. The five-term Congressman is Chair of the Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee and was formerly Vice Chair of the Communications & Technology subcommittee.

In this lively and candid half hour talk, Rep. Carter discusses a variety of issues including how BEAD money will connect his constituents across the coastal region of Georgia. The conversation also covered how Congress works with NTIA and the FCC to ensure federal money...

The tower business is alive and well, despite the slower pace of network builds among the U.S. mobile network operators. While the public tower companies are guiding to low single-digit growth in 2024, there is movement among the smaller, private tower companies.

Private tower deals tend to be small, from a few towers to a few hundred towers at a time. Still, tower acquisitions are taking place, both domestically and internationally. In the process, a few mid-size tower companies are growing their business through these acquisitions.

Everest Infrastructure Partners is one such company.

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Jim Tracy has worked in the wireless infrastructure business for many years, from climbing towers to running his own tower contracting business, to serving as Board Chairman of NATE and now as President of the Tower Family Foundation (TFF).  

In conversation with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor, Tracy shares insights gained from his long experience in the tower contracting business, his unwavering advocacy for better and safer tower climbing work practices, and the outstanding charitable work that TFF is doing to support families of tower climbers in times of need.

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Tower climbing is inherently hazardous and dangerous. More than that, tower technicians must be knowledgeable and skilled at constructing towers, and installing and testing RF, fiber, and related power systems. The tower industry has always been concerned that more training and certification is needed to ensure tower technicians can work safely at heights while building high-quality networks.

Telecommunications Industry Foundation (TIF) is addressing a number of issues arising from the rapid advancement and deployment of the telecom infrastructure. Michelle Kang, TIF Chair and Scott Kisting, TIF Founding Board Member/Government Liaison discuss key tower industry issues and...

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