Resort town fights Crown Castle on DAS installation; DAS forecast and predictions: The week's top stories

Jan. 6, 2017
Also: Distributor Avnet gazes into the mobility market's crystal ball; After cutting 2,500 jobs, Sprint now says it'll re-staff call centers by 2018; Aussie man charged on Christmas Eve over copper cables theft.   

Here are the week's top 5 trending industry news stories from CablingInstall.com.

1.) Ocean City, MD fights Crown Castle on installation of stand-alone DAS systems in residential neighborhoods
Ocean City, MD is exploring code changes and ordinance amendments aimed at restricting the proliferation of cell phone towers in the resort town.

2.) Distributor Avnet gazes into the mobility market's crystal ball
Five predictions for the 2017 mobile market from Harish Sathisan, director of mobility solutions at Avnet.

3.) DAS forecast to $10.8 billion by 2022
New analyst report finds the DAS market was valued at USD $6.71 billion in 2015, and is expected to reach USD $10.78 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 6.74% between 2016 and 2022.

4.) After cutting 2,500 jobs, Sprint now says it'll re-staff call centers by 2018
Sprint announced a plan to "create or bring back" 5,000 jobs in the US, despite cutting a considerable number of jobs earlier this year.

5.) Aussie man charged on Christmas Eve over copper cables theft
Australia's ACT Magistrates Court heard that the drug "ice" may have been a factor in the crime.

MUST-SEE PHOTOS: 3 Sexy Beasts

Search the Cabling Installation & Maintenance Buyer's Guide for companies, new products, press releases, and videos:

Sponsored Recommendations

imVision® - Industry's Leading Automated Infrastructure Management (AIM) Solution

May 29, 2024
It's hard to manage what you can't see. Read more about how you can get visiability into your connected environment.

Global support of Copper networks

May 29, 2024
CommScope designs, manufactures, installs and supports networks around the world. Take a look at CommScope’s copper operations, the products we support, our manufacturing locations...

Adapt to higher fiber counts

May 29, 2024
Learn more on how new innovations help Data Centers adapt to higher fiber counts.

Going the Distance with Copper

May 29, 2024
CommScopes newest SYSTIMAX 2.0 copper solution is ready to run the distanceand then some.