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Tower Talks with Inside Towers

Tower Talks with Inside Towers

Inside Towers 265 episodes Nov 4, 2026

Tower Talks with Inside Towers is a podcast from Inside Towers Managing Editor Jim Fryer about the telecom tower and wireless infrastructure industry. It features conversations with key players in the sector, covering news, trends, and developments shaping tower and wireless networks. The show accompanies Inside Towers' daily industry newsletter.

Episodes

#264 - Digicel: Managing Network Operations Across Diverse, Small Markets
#264 - Digicel: Managing Network Operations Across Diverse, Small Markets Nov 4, 2026 23:36 Digicel provides fixed and mobile telecommunications services in 25 countries across the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Its country-specific operating units have one thing in common: they are all different.Digicel Chief Executive Officer Marcelo Cataldo joins Inside Towers Business Editor John Celentano to discuss Digicel’s distinctive characteristics and the opportunities and challenge
#263 - MaxCell: Streamlining Ducted Fiber Deployments
#263 - MaxCell: Streamlining Ducted Fiber Deployments Sep 21, 2026 25:06 Installing fiber is not easy and involves everything from local permitting, supply chain issues and field construction work. Deploying fiber in underground cable ducts can be especially challenging.Ken Moore, Strategic Account Manager-Broadband at MaxCell speaks with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor about Maxcell’s novel flexible fiber innerduct solutions that help streamline the labo
#262 - Harmoni: Managing Tower Company Growth in a Dynamic Environment
#262 - Harmoni: Managing Tower Company Growth in a Dynamic Environment Sep 14, 2026 30:20 Today’s tower business is being impacted by mobile network operator capex adjustments, new spectrum deployments, some carrier consolidation and AI applied to various tower operations.Yannis Macheras, Chief Executive Officer at Harmoni Towers, in conversation with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor, offers his perspectives on running a private tower company in today’s environment.Support
#261 - FiberLight: How Fiber Networks Support AI Distribution
#261 - FiberLight: How Fiber Networks Support AI Distribution Sep 9, 2026 16:06 Demand for fiber connectivity is escalating to support large data transfers in and between data centers, and ultimately, for AI inference applications where they are needed closer to users.Bill Major, Chief Executive Officer at FiberLight joins John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor to talk about the surging demand for fiber connectivity and the opportunities and challenges that creates for
#260 - Allfasteners: Rethinking RAN Deployments
#260 - Allfasteners: Rethinking RAN Deployments Aug 3, 2026 16:31 Any discussion about wireless cell site installations usually focuses on antennas, radios and cables. But a lot of ancillary equipment is needed for mounting and protecting radios and antennas at height, so that they function as designed.Calvin Carmichael, Sales Representative at Allfasteners talks with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor about the company’s new Raptor Radome, a special
#259 - Clearfield: From Access to AI, Fiber’s Expanding Role
#259 - Clearfield: From Access to AI, Fiber’s Expanding Role Jun 8, 2026 27:26 Discussions at Fiber Connect 2026 addressed fiber deployments across a range of access and transport applications for broadband, wireless, data center and IoT uses.Clearfield bills itself as “The Fiber to Anywhere Company” and offers a wide variety of patented designed and manufactured components and connectivity elements that help speed up fiber deployments at lower labor costs.Anis Khemakhem, Ch
#258 - Network Connex: Wireless, Fiber, and Data Center Connectivity Convergence
#258 - Network Connex: Wireless, Fiber, and Data Center Connectivity Convergence Jun 2, 2026 13:31 Fiber Connect 2026 proved to be quite timely and significant at this point in the telecom industry with data center expansion booming, fiber builds ramping up with BEAD funding, and ongoing new tower construction.Doug Wittrock, Chief Operating Officer at Network Connex sat down with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor at the event to share his perspectives and outlook on the opportunitie
#257 - Husch Blackwell: From AI Factories to the Edge: The Next Data Center Shift
#257 - Husch Blackwell: From AI Factories to the Edge: The Next Data Center Shift May 19, 2026 28:43 Hyperscale data centers, (aka AI factories), are expanding rapidly to develop AI Large Learning Models. However, the notion of edge data centers for AI Inference and high-speed, low-latency applications is getting renewed attention.Rod Carter and Jake Remington, partners at the telecom law practice at Husch Blackwell, discuss with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor, the issues related t
#256 - Ontivity: The Evolving Digital Infrastructure Ecosystem
#256 - Ontivity: The Evolving Digital Infrastructure Ecosystem May 13, 2026 24:38 The telecom industry is evolving from distinct wireless and wireline businesses into a broader digital infrastructure ecosystem. Ontivity is a company that is involved in a number of key aspects of designing and building a range of digital infrastructure asset classes.Eric Chase, Executive Chairman of Ontivity, and Dave Mayo, Senior Technology Executive serving on the Ontivity board of directors s
#255 -  Valmont: The Silent Signal Killer, Finding & Fixing PIM
#255 - Valmont: The Silent Signal Killer, Finding & Fixing PIM May 12, 2026 18:46  Any kind of RF interference at a call site will diminish connections to cell phones and cause poor service which leads to customer complaints. Unlike active interference from nearby antennas, PIM, or passive intermodulation interference, can be caused by many elements in and around a cell site on a tower. These conditions make PIM hard to detect and mitigate.  Drew Martin, Sales Engineer-Interfer
#254 - Fiber Broadband Association: The Dynamic Fiber Broadband Market
#254 - Fiber Broadband Association: The Dynamic Fiber Broadband Market May 4, 2026 28:48 Fiber is the key connectivity element that ties together all digital infrastructure asset classes, for consumers and Enterprises alike.Gary Bolton, President & CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association, talks with John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor, about the rapid growth, the outlook for the fiber broadband business and the upcoming Fiber Connect event.Support the show
#253 - Harmoni Towers: Growth Opportunities for Private Tower Companies
#253 - Harmoni Towers: Growth Opportunities for Private Tower Companies Apr 27, 2026 19:39 Private tower companies are active in new tower builds and site modifications response to mobile network operator demand for colocations and amendments associated with coverage and capacity expansion. But scaling a tower company involves permitting, financing, competition, and availability of quality assets to acquire.Chas Peterson, Chief Commercial Officer and Aaron Bloom, Senior Vice President-B

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