Tower Talks with Inside Towers

#250 - FCC's Commissioner Gomez: What's Holding up BEAD?

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Many delays have impacted the federal government’s BEAD program. This and other events have slowed getting shovels in the ground for government help...

#249 - Palistar Capital: Investing in Digital Infrastructure

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The tower business is alive and well. U.S. mobile network operators are expanding their networks and tower companies are benefiting from that increase...

#248 - Harmoni Towers: Growing a Private Tower Company

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Increasing mobile data consumption and closing the digital divide are big drivers for continued capacity and coverage expansion among mobile network o...

#247 - Wireless Water Cooler - Satellite and Telecom discussion with Consultant Tim Farrar

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Co-hosts Patrick Halley, WIA President and CEO, and Leslie Stimson, Inside Towers Washington Bureau Chief, discussed the evolution of satellite-to-pho...

#246 - Husch Blackwell: New Towers and Property Values

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Residents often push back on new tower developments in their communities for various reasons – location of the tower, how it looks, health risks and...

#245 - Allfasteners: Supporting Data Center Builds

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Modern mounting systems for digital infrastructure equipment go beyond basicframes—they're adaptable, configurable, and designed to secure acti...

#244 - Wireless Water Cooler Hosts Arpan Sura, FCC’s Chief AI Officer

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Co-hosts Patrick Halley, WIA CEO and President, and Jim Fryer, Inside Towers Managing Editor, recently chatted with Arpan Sura, Senior Counsel to FCC ...

#243 - OneVizion: Accessing Disparate Information in Large Organizations

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Large organizations deal with a lot of data and information that is often in silos and not shared among internal groups. Digital infrastructure projec...

#242 - Fiberlight: Fiber Market Dynamics and Outlook

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Demand for fiber connectivity is at an all-time high. Both dark and lit fiber are in demand for connections to towers, enterprises, and data centers, ...

#241 - Power & Tel: Telecom in Transition

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wireless, fiber, and data center markets are projected to grow in 2025 and in subsequent years. Nonetheless, these markets are encountering challenges...

#240 - Sitetracker - Beyond the Build: Managing Digital Infrastructure Efficiently

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Building and managing digital infrastructure —whether it’s towers, fiber networks, or data centers—is a multifaceted challenge, requiring precis...

#239 - Myths Costing U.S. TowerCos Million (and How to Fix Them)

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Digital twins have become a powerful tool for TowerCos - helping to uncover hidden revenue, reduce costs, and improve decision-making. But misconcepti...

#238 - Towers & Withstanding the Test of Time with Congruex

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Although designed to last a long time, towers undergo continual loading changes as mobile network operators and wireless service providers add, upgrad...

#237 - Telecommunications Against Trafficking and Exploitation

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Human trafficking involves the exploitation of men, women and children, for some sort of control or monetary gain.The Telecommunications Against Traff...

#236 - Harmoni Towers - Colocating Tenants on Towers

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tower companies report an increase in colocation requests from MNOs and other wireless operators, more than for lease amendments on existing sites. On...

#235 - Wireless Water Cooler Hosts Jim Stritzinger, Head of the SC Broadband Office

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Co-hosts Patrick Halley, WIA CEO and President, and Jim Fryer, Inside Towers Managing Editor recently chatted with Jim Stritzinger, the Director of th...

#234 - Meeting Health & Safety Standards using Power-Ascenders

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tower climbers work in all kinds of weather that affect their health and safety, especially in hot and humid conditions. Industry and government agenc...

#233 - Mobile Tower Siting Case with Husch Blackwell

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We often hear about municipalities or individuals pushing back on new cell tower developments in their communities over location or aesthetics. A rece...

#232 - Private Tower Company Opportunities and Challenges

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the U.S., large public tower companies hold a substantial portion of the communications towers in operation. The remainder are owned and managed by...

#231- Symphony on the State of the Wireless Industry

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The digital infrastructure business continues to be dynamic and challenging. Bernard Borghei, tower company veteran and CEO of Symphony Wireless, shar...

#230 - Weekly News Recap - August 5 - 9, 2024

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of August 5, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Supp...

#229 - The Fiber Market: An Overview & Outlook

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Fiber optic systems are used everywhere to provide high speed connections to buildings, towers, and data centers. Increasing demand for high-speed dat...

#228 - Weekly News Recap - July 22 - 26, 2024

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of July 22, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#227 - Navigating Cell Site Structural Challenges

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Steel structural elements are designed to support the weight and wind loading that macrocell antennas and radio units create on a tower. More importan...

#226 - Telecom Common Language

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

iconectiv TruOps Common Language® is a distributed data registry that increases corporate revenues by streamlining network planning, service activati...

#225 - Weekly News Recap - July 15 - 19, 2024

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of July 15, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#224 - The Telecom Infrastructure Services Business Trajectory

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Planning and building digital infrastructure is hard and requires technical and project management capabilities and skills that few organizations can ...

#223 - Weekly News Recap - June 10 - 14, 2024

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of June 10, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#222 - 5G Non-terrestrial Network Opportunities with Kratos

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Satellite-based services for decades have provided a variety of applications across commercial, industrial and government markets. Different satellite...

#221 - Weekly News Recap - May 28 - 31, 2024

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of May 28, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppor...

#220 - Weekly News Recap - May 13 - 17, 2024

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of May 13, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppor...

#219 - Power & Tel: A Supply Chain of Events

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Telecom equipment distributors play a pivotal role in supplying all the infrastructure elements that make broadband and mobile networks work. Distribu...

#217- Weekly News Recap - April 29 - May 3, 2024

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of April 29, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Supp...

#218 - Clearfield - Novel Solutions for Fiber Deployments

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is more and more fiber being deployed in the middle mile and deeper into the network to interconnect data centers and enterprises, provide wirel...

#216- Weekly News Recap - April 15 - 19, 2024

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of April 15-19, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.S...

#215 - Wireless Water Cooler - Congressman Buddy Carter

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Co-hosts Patrick Halley, WIA CEO and President, and Jim Fryer, Inside Towers Managing Editor recently chatted with U.S. Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-0...

#214 - Everest Infrastructure Partners: Global Growth Through Acquisitions

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 compan...

#213 - Weekly News Recap - April 1 - 5, 2024

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of April 1, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#212- Weekly News Recap - March 4 - 8, 2024

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of March 4, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#211- Weekly News Recap - February 26 - March 1, 2024

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of February 26, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.S...

#210- Weekly News Recap - February 19 - 23, 2024

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 19, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Su...

#209 - The Tower Family Foundation with Jim Tracy

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Tracy has worked in the wireless infrastructure business for many years, from climbing towers to running his own tower contracting business, to se...

#208 - Weekly News Recap - January 29 - Feb 2, 2024

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 29, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Su...

#207- TIF Takes on Industry Safety Issues

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tower climbing is inherently hazardous and dangerous. More than that, tower technicians must be knowledgeable and skilled at constructing towers, and ...

#206 - Weekly News Recap - January 22 - 26, 2024

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 22, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Su...

#205 - Weekly News Recap - January 15 - 19, 2024

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 15, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Su...

#204 - Weekly News Recap - January 8 - 12, 2024

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 8, 2024.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Sup...

#203 - Weekly News Recap - December 4 - 8, 2023

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of December 4, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Su...

#202 - Weekly News Recap - November 27 - December 1, 2023

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of November 27, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.S...

#201 - Developing Land for Data Center Use with Husch Blackwell

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The digital infrastructure ecosystem including towers, fiber, data centers and small cells all operate under a similar ‘shared infrastructure’ bus...

#200 - Weekly News Recap - November 6 - 10, 2023

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of November 6, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Su...

#199 - Weekly News Recap - October 30- November 3, 2023

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of October 30, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Su...

#198 - Weekly News Recap - October 23- 27, 2023

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of October 23, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Su...

#197 - Wireless Water Cooler - Alex Gellman of Vertical Bridge

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Co-hosts Patrick Halley, WIA CEO and President, and Jim Fryer, Inside Towers Managing Editor recently chatted with Alex Gellman, Executive Chairman an...

#196 - Weekly News Recap - October 16 - 20, 2023

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of October 16, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Su...

#195 - Learning Alliance Corporation Pivots with the Industry

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With the slowdown in tower construction and RAN installation work, the challenge for infrastructure operators and their contractors is how to realloca...

#194 - Weekly News Recap - October 9 - 13, 2023

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of October 9, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Sup...

#193 - StratCap Wireless: Infrastructure Investor and Owner-Operator

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With continuing demand for broadband and mobile data connectivity, and the specter of artificial intelligence having a big upside impact, there are op...

#192 - Weekly News Recap - October 2 - 6, 2023

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of October 2, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Sup...

#191 - Spartaco Acquires Ronin Revolution

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In August, Spartaco Group announced that it acquired Ronin Revolution, the designer and manufacturer of battery-powered ascenders.Nick Skrobot, CEO of...

#190 - Weekly News Recap - September 25 - 29, 2023

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of September 25, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here....

#189 - Weekly News Recap - September 18 - 22, 2023

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of September 18, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here....

#188 - Weekly News Recap - September 11 - 15, 2023

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of September 11, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here....

#187 - Weekly News Recap - September 5 - 9 2023

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of September 5, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.S...

#186 - Weekly News Recap - August 14-18, 2023

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of August 14, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Sup...

#185 - Weekly News Recap - August 7 - 11, 2023

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of August 7, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Supp...

#184 - Weekly News Recap - July 31- August 4, 2023

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of July 31, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#183 - Wireless Water Cooler - FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Co-hosts Patrick Halley, President and CEO of the Wireless Infrastructure Association, and Jim Fryer, Managing Editor of Inside Towers, chat with FCC ...

#182 - Weekly News Recap - July 24-28, 2023

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of July 24, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#181 - Weekly News Recap - July 17-21, 2023

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of July 17, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#180 - Weekly News Recap - July 10-14, 2023

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of July 10, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#179 - Pointivo Makes a Good Point: Data Analytics + Towers

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The tower business is increasingly data intensive. Engineers and network planners need to know what RAN equipment is installed, where on the tower, ho...

#178 - Weekly News Recap - June 19-23, 2023

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of June 19, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#177 - Weekly News Recap - June 12-16, 2023

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of June 12, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#176 - Weekly News Recap - June 5-9, 2023

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of June 5, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppor...

#175 - Boldyn Networks Organizes for Growth

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

BAI Communications in recent years has established itself as a provider of shared communications infrastructure used in public transportation systems,...

#174 - Weekly News Recap - May 30 - June 2, 2023

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of May 30, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppor...

#173 - Weekly News Recap - May 22-26, 2023

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of May 22, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppor...

#172 - Weekly News Recap - May 8-12, 2023

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of May 8, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support...

#171 - Deploying In-Building Wireless Systems

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are over 5.9 million commercial buildings and large venues in the U.S., according to the EIA Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey. Rou...

#170 Wireless Water Cooler - NTIA’s Scott Harris & Sarah Morris

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What does the current landscape of the NTIA and $42 billion in BEAD funds look like? Hosts of the Wireless Water Cooler, WIA CEO and President Patrick...

#169 - Weekly News Recap - April 10-14, 2023

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of April 10, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Supp...

#168 - Weekly News Recap - April 3 - 7, 2023

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of April 3, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#167 - Weekly News Recap - March 27 - 31, 2023

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of March 27, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Supp...

#166 - Weekly News Recap - March 20 - 24, 2023

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of March 6, 2023.  For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#165 - Weekly News Recap - March 6 - March 10, 2023

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of March 6, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Support...

#164 - Data Centers as Digital Infrastructure with Husch Blackwell

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The digital infrastructure ecosystem includes towers, fiber, data centers, small cells, edge infrastructure and power. While the various digital infra...

#163 - Weekly News Recap - February 22 - March 3, 2023

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of February 27, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Sup...

#162 - Crowe on Uncomplicating Tower Operations

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Running a tower business is complex. It involves everything from managing towers and equipment they support, to scheduling and tracking labor and mate...

#161 - Weekly News Recap - February 20 - 24, 2023

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of February 20, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Sup...

#160 - Weekly News Recap - February 13 - 17, 2023

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of February 13, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Sup...

#159 - Ronin Revolution - Power Ascender Acceptance

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tower climbing has been cited as one of the most dangerous jobs anywhere. A big part of the challenge for working at heights is just the physical toll...

#158 - Weekly News Recap - February 6 - 10, 2023

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of February 6, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Supp...

#157 - Weekly News Recap - January 30 - February 3, 2023

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 30, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Supp...

#156 - Weekly News Recap - January 23 - 27, 2023

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 23, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Supp...

#155 - Weekly News Recap - January 16 - 20, 2023

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 16, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Supp...

#154 - Weekly News Recap - January 9 - 13, 2023

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 9, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#153 - Weekly News Recap - January 3 - 6, 2023

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of January 3, 2023. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Suppo...

#152 - A Discussion on Using Data for Informed Decisions

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Managing wireless and wireline telecom networks involves monitoring and interpreting a lot of data from thousands of sites and dozens of data points a...

#151 - Weekly News Recap - December 5 - 9, 2022

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is your Inside Towers Weekly Recap for the week of December 5, 2022. For more wireless infrastructure news, subscribe to our newsletter here.Supp...