Founded in 2000, Milestone Communications is the leading developer of wireless towers in partnership with school and government landowners, enabling them to direct millions of dollars annually to educational and extracurricular budgets. Milestone solves network coverage priorities for the wireless industry efficiently and reliably by working closely with local communities to provide solutions that are aesthetically and functionally optimized for their environments. Milestone has developed and managed over 100 wireless towers over the last 15 years and currently manages more than 2,300 potential wireless infrastructure sites in the Mid-Atlantic region, the Carolinas and Florida.
AT&T will introduce mobile 5G service in 12 cities and Verizon is launching a fixed wireless access (FWA) service in four markets by the end of this year.
#Speed #Latency #Spectrum #5G #Mobile #devices #smartphones #coverage #carriers
Plenty remains to be seen, but here are a few things we know about 5G as the industry heads to the Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles next week.
Virginia signs a $297.3 million contract with Verizon Wireless over five-and-a-half years, for voice and data services across state agencies.
#Virginia #Verizon #technology #voice #data #IT
The five-and-a-half-year deal is the latest IT contract the commonwealth has signed since ending its long, single-source arrangement with Northrop Grumman.
The Princeville School District located in Illinois, installed wireless infrastructure and purchased almost 1,000 Chromebooks since they started with the pilot project "One-to-one technology" in 2013. Students, teachers and teachers’ aides all have their own laptop computers.
Third-grade teacher Katie Carruthers told the Journal Star "Technology allows me to let other people teach the concept,” and she’s freed up to work with students who want to move ahead or devote more time to students struggling with a lesson. “I can assess more now just by watching what they’re doing than any test can show me.”
#wireless #infrastructure #schools #technology #benefit #Illinois #Princeville
PRINCEVILLE — Textbooks are almost a thing of the past in Princeville’s public schools. Students, teachers and teachers’ aides all have
More than 99 percent of the cell towers on all Hawaiian islands remained operational according to the Federal Communications Commission’s Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).
#Hurricane #celltowers #Hawaii #FCC #Communication
The storm that began as Hurricane Lane and ended as a tropical depression had minimal impact on communications in the Hawaiian Islands, according to reports that providers gave to the FCC. More than 99 percent of the cell towers on all eight islands remained operational as of yesterday, August 26, a...
Milestone has completed the foundation of a new 135′ monopole at the Stony Point Fire Department in Charlottesville, Virginia. Shentel will be the first carrier on the tower with room for four additional carriers. The Stony Point Volunteer Fire Company will receive 40% of all gross revenue generated from carriers locating on the cell tower.
#communication #firstresponders #network #towernews
Stony Point Foundation Construction Is Completed August 27, 2018 Milestone has completed the foundation of a new 135′ monopole at the Stony Point Fire Department in Charlottesville, Virginia. Shentel will be the first carrier on the tower with room for four additional carriers. The Stony Point Fir...
5G will provide faster Internet with lower latency, the time it takes for data to travel within a network. It will also allow for more consistent connectivity.
#5G #latency #network #connectivity
How an impending wireless upgrade is setting the stage for a new era of American innovation. (Partner Content)
Nearly half of rural Virginians lack access to high-speed internet. Broadband could provide more people the opportunity to telework and take cars off the road, while positively impacting the areas economic prosperity.
#broadband #connections #networks #virginia
In the 1930s, nine of every 10 households in the United Sates did not have electricity. To bring this “modern necessity” to more homes, the electric cooperatives were established through
Audi is testing 5G production robots that could build your next car.
#Audi #5G #robots #latency #technology #Ericsson
Industry is starting to prepare for the next generation of mobile data connectivity
Milestone has stacked the wireless tower located near the Frederick County Law Enforcement Center in Frederick, Maryland. The 80’ monopole was erected with assistance from Allegheny Industries, Inc. Frederick County, MD will receive 40% of all gross revenue from all the carriers locating on the tower. Verizon is the first carrier to locate on the tower and there is space for 4 carriers. Click below for more information.
#infrastructure #towernews #communication #network #lawenforcement #sheriff #frederick #maryland #MD
Frederick County Law Enforcement Center Tower Is Stacked August 15, 2018 Milestone has stacked the wireless tower located near the Frederick County Law Enforcement Center in Frederick, MD. The 80’ monopole was erected with assistance from Allegheny Industries, Inc. Frederick County will receive 40...
Two new cell towers will be built in Roanoke, Virginia. The towers will help to provide the latest wireless technologies to a nearby elementary school, those working and living in the area and emergency personnel operating in the area.
#communication #infrastructure #schools #emergency #celltowers #towernews #wireless #technology
Two new cell towers will be built in Roanoke by the end of the year.
FirstNet unveiled Emergency Drop Kit to “Hotshot Crews”. The kits provide communications for a 300-foot wide area, that enable the response teams to communicate. The kit is designed to be carried by first responders into disaster areas that trucks can’t immediately drive into, like where a “hotshot crew” is fighting wildfires, says Fields-Spack.
#firstnet #emergency #firstresponders #ATT #communication
Milestone has stacked the wireless tower located at the Chancellor Substation in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is our first pole in the City of Fredericksburg. The 140’ monopole was erected with assistance from HELPCOmm Inc. Dominion Virginia Power will receive 40% of all gross revenue from all the carriers locating on the tower. T-Mobile is the first carrier to locate on the tower and there is space for 4 carriers. Click below for all photos.
Chancellor Tower Is Stacked August 8, 2018 Milestone has stacked the wireless tower located at the Chancellor Substation in Fredericksburg, VA. This is our first pole in the City of Fredericksburg. The 140’ monopole was erected with assistance from HELPCOmm Inc. Dominion Virginia Power will receiv...
The foundation for the wireless tower at the Chancellor Substation in Fredericksburg, VA has been completed. It will be a 140’ monopole with T-Mobile as the primary carrier. It will be our first pole in the City of Fredericksburg and fifth for Dominion Power.
#Fredericksburg #towernews #infrastructure #Virginia
Chancellor Substation Foundation Completed July 23, 2018 The foundation for the wireless tower at the Chancellor Substation in Fredericksburg, VA has been completed. It will be a 140’ monopole with T-Mobile as the primary carrier. Milestone hopes to stack the pole by then end of July; it will be t...
We have a tower for every occasion. A variety of tower types that serve additional purposes and blend with their environments. View some of our Towers below.
View the Milestone Communications cell tower gallery, showing many of our projects and different wireless tower types and concealment methods.
At Milestone our mission is that we unlock municipal sites for wireless infrastructure by bridging the gap between public and private sectors in a community-friendly way. We create value for our landowners by creating new sources of recurring revenue and for our carrier customers by providing end-to-end infrastructure solutions.
About Milestone and our work developing wireless infrastructure in partnerships with municipal landowners. We are cell tower builders in the Mid-Atlantic, Florida and the Carolinas.
“Cell towers are the key to delivering the signals. We need more of them over cropland and ranch land,” said John May President of the Ag Solutions division for Deere & Company.
#celltowers #farmers #broadband #wireless #infrastructure
From left: John May, Jenni Word & Suzanne Coker Craig How can broadband connectivity make a difference in consumers’ lives? Witnesses who testified at a House Communications Subcommittee hearing yesterday (see story further up) discussed connectivity making farming more efficient and enabling “t...
Milestone shares a percentage of the gross receipts it collects from wireless providers with the municipalities or schools housing the facility. In our experience, on average each wireless facility generates over $400,000 for the landowner over a ten-year period.
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Industry experts met with lawmakers yesterday and said that several solutions are needed to bridge the digital divide in rural areas and those areas need access to more spectrum.
#spectrum #broadband #towernews #WISPA
From left: Tom Stroup, Claude Aiken Experts from several industries told lawmakers yesterday it will take several solutions to bridge the digital divide in rural areas, but they have one thing in common — they need access to more spectrum. Broadband can be delivered through a variety of technol...
CTIA released its Annual Wireless Industry Survey. "The survey finds the industry beginning the transition from 4G to 5G wireless networks with significant growth in cell sites and data-only devices. That growth and continued demand for everything wireless contributed to Americans using an unprecedented amount of mobile data in 2017." Excerpt from the CTIA 2018 report.
CTIA’s latest Annual Wireless Industry Survey finds the industry beginning the transition from 4G to 5G wireless networks with significant growth in cell sites and data-only devices.
The new tower "will enhance the coverage and capacity for the users around there," said David Goldsmith of Milestone Communications.
#towernews #communications #coverage #network #virginia
The Roanoke Board of Zoning Appeals approved of a communications tower that will be located in Preston Park.
Many rural Virginians don’t have access to broadband internet. Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam has appointed broadband advisors to get 100% access throughout the commonwealth.
#broadband #Virginia #internet #network #communications #infrastructure
The governor says he wants the entire state to have broadband access as soon as possible.
Edge computing in wireless has been evolving alongside 5G. Caroline Chan, the Vice President and General Manager of the 5G Infrastructure Division at Intel, talks about how edge computing fits in wireless networks today and in the future.
#edge #5G #wireless #IoT #infrastructure #networks
A conversation with Caroline Chan, Vice President and General Manager, 5G Infrastructure Division, Intel
Milestone Communications has over 15 years of experience partnering with schools and school systems to provide local communities high-speed, wireless, broadband communication— while offering opportunities for increased revenue.
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) 2018 IT Leadership Survey was released and it noted the following: "School leaders place a high priority on cybersecurity and broadband/network capacity. When asked to rate the importance of privacy and security of student data, 68 percent of IT leaders indicated that it was more important than the prior year. For the fourth straight year, budget constraints are the top challenge facing school technology leaders, followed by the unavailability of relevant training and professional development, as well as the existence of silos in school districts."
#schoolrevenue #revenue #broadband #connections #technology #wireless #infrastructure
CoSN CEO Keith Krueger shares insights from the 2018 National K-12 IT Leadership Survey Report.
"A coalition of communications industry organizations endorsed H.R. 5639 – The Communications and Jobs Training Act of 2018. The bill would have the Federal Communications Commission direct a grant program so funds would be available to community colleges, post-secondary vocational and technical schools and any organization that provides career and technical education to veterans to establish or expand job training programs for communications tower service, construction and maintenance." - From Inside Towers
#CTIA #WIA #FCC #jobs #communications #tower #infrastructure
UPDATE A coalition of communications industry organizations endorsed H.R. 5639 – The Communications and Jobs Training Act of 2018. Organizations supporting the legislation include CTIA, the Government Wireless Technology & Communications Association, the National Association of Broadcasters, the N...
A 12-year effort to ensure cell phone waves and emergency radio band waves can exist and work clearly in the same spectrum without interference is wrapping up in Washington state.
#towernews #cellular #spectrum #emergency #signals #infrastructure #publicsafety
A 12-year effort to ensure cell phones and public safety radio bands can transmit clearly in the same space is wrapping up for Washington state, a job made especially difficult by international border issues, rapidly changing technologies and multiple jurisdictions across government.
FirstNet gives First Responders 'priority and preemption'. Mike Newburn, communications technology manager for Fairfax County, Va., said that when Fairfax’s Urban Search and Rescue Team went to Houston during Hurricane Harvey last summer, “they didn’t notice any impact on their devices; they weren’t ever knocked out. It helped them.” - Quote from the Washington Post article.
#FirstNet #ATT #FirstResponders #Police #Fire #Communication #Emergency #Technology
The goal of having a nationwide wireless network for police, fire and paramedics moves closer to reality as AT&T unveils its FirstNet core network.
Milestone has stacked the tower that is located near Pickens High School in Pickens, South Carolina. Around 1870, the original Pickens Academy started. The 160’ monopole was erected with assistance from South Carolina Tel-Con. The School District of Pickens County will receive 40% of all gross revenue from all the carriers locating on the tower. Verizon is the first carrier to locate on the tower. There is space for 3 carriers, as well as an additional space for the school to utilize.
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Pickens Tower Is Stacked June 25, 2018 Milestone has stacked the wireless tower located near Pickens High School in Pickens, South Carolina. Around 1870, the original Pickens Academy started. Read more about the schools history here: History of Pickens High School. The 160’ monopole was erected wi...
Vodafone Germany and Nokia have teamed up to build a cellular tower to be placed on the moon.
#towernews #moon #lunar #cellular #astronauts
Will cell phone service on the moon be available in our lifetime? Be on the lookout — cell service may soon be coming to a moon near you.
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