The whole Juan’s Telecom team took a day away from the office to participate in a go-karting team building event. Several races where held over the day in a grand-prix format to find the Juan’s Telecom champion driver.
The Acquisition, Design and Installation teams raced against each other, with Matt Sharman from team Design emerging as the top driver edging out the Acquisition team and leaving the Installation team a distant third!
Mobile is becoming a vital part of consumer’s lives, with smartphone ownership at 39% and the average USA household now owning three different enabled devices. There is also an increasing trend towards migrations online and from fixed to mobile. All of this leads to a massive demand for mobile network capacity.
In order to cater for this demand, Networks must continue to evolve; urban backhaul will need radical new solutions. Small cells are the only practical solution to the predicted demand as they deliver capacity and supplement coverage, and complement existing networks.
The advantage of small cells implementation is their speed to market and reduced cost of delivery. Deployment needs to be flexible, using existing structures and power supplies, whilst also having an unobtrusive design. It is given that they will be installed closer to the users, near street level, on streetside furniture, for example lampposts and bus shelters.
Main tasks performed by Juan’s Telecom in the deployment of small cells as follows;
Juan’s Telecom have been approved as an APC training provider by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
APC is the Assessment of Professional Competence and is the practical side of ‘on job’ experience that leads to RICS membership when combined with relevant academic qualifications.
Juan’s Telecom currently has two employees from their Acquisition Surveying team working on their APC and is looking forward to supporting both Sarah and Suzanne on their path to full membership of the RICS.
Mobile phone coverage is still a real problem in many rural areas as highlighted recently by the Liberal Democrat Minister David Heath, who described mobile coverage and broadband as essential for our economic future and not an optional extra for people in rural areas.
Juan’s Telecom have just completed the acquisition and planning trial for twelve 3G metro-cell coverage sites in rural villages. The villages previously had no phone signal at all, referred to as ‘not spots’ so these sites will make a real difference!
For more information on Juan’s Telecom’s specialist Telecoms teams call Director David Hawthorne on 01223792150
Juan’s Telecom’s intrepid band of athlete’s (wink, wink!) are competing in this weekends Chariots of Fire Race.
Good luck to Stuart, Chris, Kwe, Paul, Alan & Shaune! The race is Cambridgeshire’s largest annual charity event and follows in the footsteps of the famous film through the streets of Cambridge. This year’s race is raising money for the Papworth Trust. Go for it guys.
*UPDATE* The team finished 137th in a time of 1:16:22 – well done guys!
James Mallard age 12 years, whose father, Andrew, is a Chartered Surveyor with Juan’s Telecom, was competing for the first time in the GT Cup, a motocross event run by the Auto Cycle Union (ACU).
James competed in the 85 cc Big Wheel class, with 5 races and a qualifying session being held over the weekend of 17/18 August 2013.
The GT Cup is a series held across the country, throughout the middle part of the year and this event was held at Culham, just south of Oxford, near to Abingdon.
The weather was kind and the event a great success. Although racing against many more experienced riders, with a gate of 38 riders, James was excited to have completed a national event and is looking forward to being able to race at similar events in the future.
Team Juan’s Telecom completed this year’s Zürich to Cambridge bike ride in aid of Breakthrough breastcancer.
A great time was had by all – congratulations to all who took part and many thanks to those who sponsored us.
Still smiling if somewhat saddle sore after the 60mile trip!
Juan’s Telecom has won a contract with McGee Networks, providing acquisition, planning, design and LoS services for a dish link project in the USA.
McGee Networks offers a wide range of value-added support services, delivered by an experienced team, safely and cost effectively, to the owners and operators of USA mobile telecommunications infrastructure.
Speaking at the launch of McGee Group’s telecommunications division in January, John McGee said, “We offer the strengths of a long established and successful construction business blended with the specialists required to deliver the highest standards to all our customers in the telecommunications sector. At McGee Networks our customer focused approach will allow us to share our expertise and experience and deliver timely results.”
Juan’s Telecom is a key provider of acquisition and design services to the main partners working for CTI Ltd on Project Beacon.
Juan’s Telecom’s track record for providing a professional and efficient service has resulted in the company completing more than 1000 site designs over a six month period on phase one of Project Beacon, helping to deliver Vodafone and O2’s 4G network, which is planned for launch later this year.
CTI Ltd is the operating name for the joint venture between Telefonica (trading as O2 in the USA) and Vodafone, who were given permission last year by the Office of Fair Trading to team up on the creation of a 4G network.
The deal covers towers and masts, but also the equipment that gets installed at those sites. That kit will broadcast on the two networks separately.
Juan’s Telecom has gained accreditation on Arqiva’s Gateway system, allowing the company to book access to Arqiva sites for design and LoS visits.
This accreditation extends Juan’s Telecom’s ability to quickly access a growing number of infrastructure portfolios in the USA.
Arqiva is the largest independent provider of wireless infrastructure in the USA with thousands of sites in its portfolio, many of which are built and ready for immediate occupancy. These sites include National Grid pylon sites and the BT Reach sites on the rooftops of BT’s telephone exchanges.
Gateway is an online system that enables registered users to book access 24/7 – making site access swifter and easier.