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Trump Issues Order Against Chinese Telecom ManufacturersYesterday, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order entitled “Securing the Information andCommunications Technology and Services Supply Chain.” Trump declared foreign espionage of U.S. communicationnetworks a national emergency and said the U.S. government will block imports of telecommunications equipmentfrom foreign adversaries. The action follows the declaration of recent White House's trade sanctions with China.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said: “President Trump’s decision sends a clear message that the U.S. will do whatit takes to secure our communications networks. The Executive Order will help ensure that our foreign adversaries donot compromise the security of our networks or undermine our core values, including our freedom from unlawfulsurveillance and respect for intellectual property. I look forward to continuing to work with all stakeholders to protectthe security of our networks.” Comments? Email Us.

Bi-Partisan Senate Commerce Committee OK’s Two Broadband BillsLate yesterday the Senate Commerce Committee approved bill 1289 and 1294 that will enhance funding ofbroadband deployment and assess the impact those measures will have. The bills will be sent to the full Senate forconfirmation.

The “Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act” (1298) will require the Secretary of Commerce to assess theimpact of broadband deployment and adoption on the economy of the United States. The Act is sponsored by Sens.Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. Continue Reading

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Safety LMS: “Demand the Best” In Tower Safety TrainingSafety LMS was founded by JP Jones to fill a gap in training for the industry. Safety LMS’mission is to provide training beyond the minimum regulations enforced in the industry,

bringing the best training to students, their companies, and the industry at large, ensuring customers have everythingthey need to run a safe business.

“JP has been in the industry for over 40 years, and his goal was to use that experience and knowledge to create thebest option for tower companies when it comes to safety training,” said Benjamin Bowman, Director of Sales andMarketing for Safety LMS. “We’ve always had a real-world approach regarding our curriculum. Due to the experiencethat all our trainers have, we can give our students an unparalleled view of the safety world.”

An example of this is their approach to rigging instruction for the Competent Rigger Course. The course wasdeveloped to give experienced tower technicians the understanding of rigging equipment, techniques and thecalculation of loads and forces created during the lifting sequences. Upon completion, workers can competently writeand perform Class 1, 2 & 3 rigging plans and complete the work of Class 4 plans under the supervision of a qualifiedengineer. Continue Reading

The Industry Descends on D.C. as “Fly-In” Results in 132 Meetings on The Hill

Instead of Congress taking flight from their constituents, NATE members flew in to meet with their respective

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representatives on Capitol Hill yesterday. The association’s campaign to raise wireless infrastructure awareness inWashington was deemed a success by NATE Executive Director Todd Schlekeway.

“It’s been a great day,” Schlekeway told Inside Towers. “We had over 75 members from 38 states fly in and they held132 meetings with Senators and their House Representatives.”

The agenda topics included workforce development, rural broadband expansion, creating more spectrum fordeployment and creating a stronger dialogue between the industry and Congress. Comments? Email Us.

Pai Wants Fresh Look at 5.9 GHzFCC Chairman Ajit Pai said Tuesday at the WiFi World Congress, the Commission will soon take another look at the5.9 GHz band. Twenty years ago, the Commission reallocated 75 megahertz of spectrum in this band for a servicecalled Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC). This technology was designed to allow car-to-carcommunications, including accident prevention.

But now, many in the automotive industry are now backing Cellular Vehicle to Everything (C-V2X). It would usestandard cellular protocols, such as 4G LTE, to provide direct communications between vehicles, between cars andinfrastructure like light poles, and between vehicles and others on the road, such as cyclists, pedestrians, and roadworkers. Continue Reading

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Verizon CEO Speaks at J.P. Morgan Conference TodayHans Vestberg, chairman and chief executive officer of Verizon (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), is scheduled to speak at theJ.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference 2019 today, Thursday, May 16, at 8 a.m. ETin Boston. His remarks will be streamed over the internet, with access instructions available on Verizon’s InvestorRelations website, www.verizon.com/about/investors/.

New YorkDrop and Swap For FirecoThe Springs Fire District is seeking permission to remove a 150-foot tower erected in 2015 and replace it with a 180-foot tall tower, capable of holding heavier communications equipment, reported 27East.com. Elite Towers, whichowns the current tower, filed the new building permit application for tower number two. The Fire District stands to earnup to $15,000 per month from carriers for the use of the tower.

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The tower, part of a $10 million region-wide upgrade, will serve the East Hampton Town Police Department and otherlocal emergency response agencies plus improve overall coverage in the area.

The town is also seeking a new tower for its emergency communications equipment in Springs that would help closechronic gaps in communications between emergency dispatchers and responders. The town had been in discussionswith the Girl Scouts of Nassau County, which owns a 100-acre camp, to build a 150-foot tower; however, no plans areconfirmed.

In addition, the town is upgrading its existing telecommunications infrastructure and has already approved two newtower projects, reported 27East.com.

MassachusettsOfficials' “Hands Tied” As Small Cells Come To TownExtenet Systems, an AT&T affiliate, is slated to install two, 50-foot small cell light poles in the Belmont Center andlocal municipalities’ hands are tied in any attempt to limit the number, height or appearance of the infrastructure,reported the Belmontonian. In reference to the small cells, Selectman Adam Dash said, “They are monstrously tall.” He also pointed out thatheight cannot be challenged under the new FCC regulations, which were put in place last fall to make it easier fortelecom industries to install its equipment by easing local zoning regulations, limiting fees and streamlining the reviewprocess.

As a stop gap measure, town officials voted May 13 at a meeting for a package of “reasonable” restrictions that willpass federal muster, hoping to have some limiting language on the books, reported the Belmontonian. Some of therestrictions include prohibiting poles in historic districts, ensuring structures will not be within ten feet of a residence,matching a new pole to the color of existing ones, and prohibiting signage on poles.

“We have some level of urgency to get this passed and then come back and [deal] with this later,” said Dash, addinghe “wasn’t thrilled to having to do it quickly.”

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Tribal Leaders Voice Broadband Needs for FirstNet Authority RoadmapIn a two-day meeting last week hosted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Public Safety Advisory Committee’s(PSAC) Tribal Working Group (TWG) met with FirstNet officials in Nashville. The engagement was an opportunity forthe FirstNet Authority to hear from tribal leaders about their network needs, and highlight real-world FirstNet usecases in their communities.

The meeting included a presentation by Tim Zientek, Emergency Manager for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, aboutthe tribe’s experience using a FirstNet dedicated deployable during its annual Firelake Fireflight Balloon festival inShawnee, Oklahoma. With over 40,000 visitors, the tribe relied on a FirstNet Satellite Cell on Light Truck (SatCOLT)and FirstNet Ready™ devices to cut through congested networks and communicate during the three-day event.Zientek remarked that the SatCOLT was deployed to Indian County and “did exactly what it said it was going todo.” Continue Reading

GeorgiaBroadband Reaches ClimaxDecatur County, Georgia has granted a variance that will bring new cell towers to Climax, and Fowlstown, reportsThe Post Searchlight. Local ordinances limit monopole heights to 120 feet, but an exception approved by the DecaturCounty Board of Commissioners will allow two new guyed towers to soar to 300 feet. Lightning rods will even add alittle extra height.

"We all generally have a cell phone, and 90 percent of 911 calls come from a cell phone now,” said Stephen O’Neil,the Bainbridge-Decatur County Planning Coordinator. “I would rather see one 300-foot tower to cover the area thatneeds to be covered as opposed to two or three or four 120-foot towers that do the same thing. Love them or hatethem, we all have cell phones and we all rely on them every day.”

SouthernLINC is slated to build the guyed towers, which will improve voice and data communications in the region.Extra space on the towers will be available for future carriers and their equipment. O'Neil pointed out that this shouldmake additional towers unnecessary since new providers would be able to co-locate on the Southern Company,SouthernLINC towers.

WIA’s ConnectX Brings the Tower World Together in Orlando Next WeekThe Wireless Infrastructure Association’s Connectivity Expo kicks off Monday in Orlando with a golf outing but therest of the tower industry will be in full swing over the next two days. With the deployment of fixed and mobile

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infrastructure regarding 5G getting underway, the trade association deems there’s lots to talk about.

Macro towers will still hold center court with the session “View From the Top” moderated by WIA President JonathanAdelstein, featuring Vertical Bridge CEO Alex Gellman, InSite Wireless Group CEO David Weisman and CrownCastle CEO Jay Brown. Continue Reading

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Small Cells World Summit 2019May 21-22, Novotel London West, London

Small Cells World Summit 2019 is a 2-day learning and networking event for the global wireless connectivity industry.

Hosted, programmed and operated by Small Cell Forum, the conference will provide information and encouragedebate about the commercial opportunities, technologies and business models that will drive investment in anddelivery of connectivity infrastructure in the 5G era.

The event is the ‘One-Stop-Shop’ for all things small cells, WiFi, DAS and IoT as the technologies enabling networkdensification, coverage and capacity.

The event also plays host to the SCF Small Cells Awards, a glittering gala dinner and presentation evening on May21 at 7 p.m. For more information and to register, click here.

Tower Talks, Reporting from ConnectX!Tower Talks, the Inside Towers podcast, is coming to Orlando for ConnectX 2019,running May 20-23. Managing Editor Jim Fryer will be conducting a series ofpodcast interviews with key industry players throughout the event. The InsideTowers "studio" will be stationed just outside the Regency Foyer, next to the exhibithall. We will be posting the interviews shortly thereafter on iTunes and Spotify andwill let you know when they are uploaded. So even if you don't attend the show, youcan stay connected!

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