Cities have seen tremendous growth in cell antenna demand as smart phones have increased in popularity over the past few years.  Currently there are over 15,000 cell antenna sites are operating across Canada – many sites with multiple carriers on the property.  The telecoms are scrambling to find new sites to erect new cell towers and rooftop [...]

  A ruling that confirms Wind Mobile’s compliance with Canadian ownership rules clears the way for the company to focus on growth, but is not expected to trigger a rush of buyouts or foreign investment in the wireless industry. On Thursday the Supreme Court denied rival Public Mobile leave to appeal a Federal Court of [...]

In regards to Rhombic Consulting Group started by Sidney Kemp in Vancouver, B.C. in 2011: Please be advised that Rhombic Consulting group has no current affiliation to Antenna Management Corp (AMC).  Rhombic has never had an affiliation to AMC. For greater clarity, AMC terminated it’s relationship with Sidney Kemp. Any associations made by Sid Kemp, Rhombic [...]

Stittsville’s Shad Qadri would rather see the policy scrapped OTTAWA – A proposed policy outlining the city’s involvement in situating cell-phone towers and antennas didn’t pass muster at the city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee recently. The city doesn’t have any authority over where the towers will be placed – that’s the responsibility of Industry [...]

According to analysts at IDC and ComScore the smartphone industry is expected to grow fifty percent by the end of 2011. This itself is a drop from the seventy four percent growth of last year, but will still see with vendors shipping four hundred and seventy-two million smartphones in contrast to the three hundred and two [...]

West Vancouver district was unaware of cellular antennas being added to building as no work permit was obtained from city hall. An eagle-eyed Ambleside senior is being credited with alerting the District of West Vancouver to the “unauthorized” construction of cell phone antennas on top of a high-rise on Bellevue Avenue. Brian Merth lives in [...]

Shaw has cancelled plans to build a cell network in favour for Wi-fi. The company came to the decision as the Canadian wireless market, formerly dominated by companies like Rogers and Telus, has opened to a number of new upstarts like Wind Mobile and Mobilicity, lowering potential profit margins as companies lower prices to compete. [...]

Neal Emery’s family wanted to make some money leasing their land to EastLink for its new cellular antenna tower. Local residents complained the site was too close to homes, and Emery’s worried he’s going to lose out. “We should have the right to do what we want to on our land without people saying that [...]

On June 1, 2011 an estimated 65,000 U2 fans at Commonwealth Stadium overloaded cell antennas with calls, texts and tweets, underlining a potentially serious problem with network capacity. “Very soon, it’s going to be a problem not only for a concert night,” said Dhiaa Hussen, a telecommunications engineering technology instructor at NAIT. “This was a [...]

Have you received a letter from Rogers or Telus to add more antennas to your existing cellular installation?  What is the best way to negotiate with Rogers or Telus to assist in the expansion of the cellular networks while maintaining a safe, visually appealing, and profitable rooftop or cell tower? Rogers and Telus have announced [...]