It’s that time of year when lots of folks, both young and old, look forward to the frightening fun of Halloween festivities. Often considered to be a quintessentially American tradition, Halloween actually has origins in Ireland.
The Halloween tradition arose from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-hin), celebrated on October 31st in Ireland to mark the end of the annual harvest and the start of winter. The Celtic people living in Ireland believed that the veil between the living and the dead was thinnest during Samhain, allowing spirits to wander. Traditions included lighting bonfires, dressing in costumes to ward off spirits, and feasting. With the arrival of Christianity, the festival’s name was changed to Halloween, referring to the evening before All Saints’ Day. Irish immigrants later brought these traditions with them to other countries, particularly America.
That brings us to something else that originated in Ireland before spreading around the world – Alpha Wireless technology. Based on years of experience with radio frequency (RF) planning and antenna expertise, Alpha Wireless technology helps you ward off the type of scary scenarios that cause network service quality to expire and haunt your brand reputation.
Tricky Streetworks Challenges
With 5G network densification efforts all too often strangled by planning, zoning and permitting challenges, more mobile network operators (MNOs) are looking at small cell deployments in urban and suburban areas. Telecom streetworks are an ideal approach to these densification efforts. Yet, if you don’t watch your back, here are 7 scary catastrophes that could befall your streetworks:
- Permitting and public opposition: Many communities and municipalities are generally resistant to new deployments. Typical concerns range from visual impact and disruption due to ongoing construction, to fears of electromagnetic exposure (despite being generally unsubstantiated).
- Overheating equipment: During the summer, equipment is at risk of overheating, particularly in urban areas. As temperatures rise in many locations around the world, more deployments now require an integrated cooling system.
- Stormy weather: If not properly installed, antenna poles can fall when the wind picks up, posing considerable liability concerns.
- Component mismanagement: A surprising number of components are needed to deploy a small cell installation. This is particularly challenging with multi-vendor network infrastructure. With Alpha Wireless’ turnkey one-stop-shop solutions, we bring them all together for peace of mind.
- Interference and coverage: As 5G networks become more saturated they may suffer signal interference, impacting quality of experience. Our RF expertise helps ensure your network is protected from coverage gaps and interference when ghosts and goblins interfere.
- Inability to keep up with growth in demand: With 5G demand rising exponentially, keeping pace requires extensive network densification. In addition to the complexities of planning and permitting, another challenge is the need for increased power and fiber access. These roadblocks can significantly delay deployment and service roll-out, impacting the race to secure new subscribers.
- Hair-raising costs: Traditional macro cell sites can be terrifyingly expensive. Our Telecom Streetworks solutions are designed to provide maximum performance at minimal cost, saving you from any unpleasant surprises.
Regardless of whether you are looking to deploy on Main Street or Elm Street, don’t get tricked by these spooky telecom streetworks scenarios! Treat yourself to faster, simpler 5G network densification with Alpha Wireless Telecom Streetworks solutions.
Our turnkey Telecom Streetworks solutions allow you to quickly achieve scalable, affordable, high-performance small cell deployments with aesthetically pleasing infrastructure that blends into urban and suburban environments for faster approvals. We help MNOs and neutral hosts streamline deployment to densify networks, close coverage gaps, and deliver reliable connectivity – fast – with new or existing street furniture. To learn more, visit: alphawireless.com/telecom-streetworks-solutions.
We look forward to hearing from you. In the meantime, we hope this blog has served to lift your spirits. Happy Halloween!