For 5G to work optimally, more radio equipment is being installed, more towers are being built and existing towers are being upgraded all across the country… The plan isn’t to build hundreds of obtrusive metal towers all over our urban areas, but to have a liberal mix of towers, rooftop installations and much smaller pieces of radio transmission equipment called ‘small cells’ (small power nodes) dotted around city streets
New infrastructure is being deployed across the country, generating headline news stories, some of which the telecommunications industry could never have predicted.The connection between any mobile device and the mobile network operator’s (MNO) network is done using radio signals. The antennas that the MNOs use to send and receive those radio signals need to be high above the ground to avoid interference from objects like buildings and trees, so they are attached to tall metal towers or masts.The connection between any mobile device and the mobile network operator’s (MNO) network is done using radio signals. The antennas that the MNOs use to send and receive those radio signals need to be high above the ground to avoid interference from objects like buildings and trees, so they are attached to tall metal towers or masts.