Collaboration with Municipalities, Carriers Creates Small Cells that are ‘Zoning Ready’
California, long known for strict policies for permitting wireless infrastructure, is not a likely locale for a truce in the small cell zoning war. But using a new line of shrouds and mounts from Comptek Technologies, an Aero Wireless Group company, Verizon has made inroads in expediting the permitting and deployments in this state.
Comptek’s “5G Air” tri-sector shroud and modular shrouds are designed to be lightweight and low maintenance and they are compliant with GR-487 requirements. The mounts are made to need minimal installation time, mount to existing structures and withstand wind speeds of 170 mph. But, perhaps the most interesting aspect of the design is the relationships with the carriers and municipalities that inform the Comptek’s small cells.
Verizon has done the legwork taking Comptek’s small cell designs to the city that is critical to getting them approved by the municipality.
“Our primary customer is Verizon and they did a good job of building solid relationships with the municipalities and giving them a lot of options,” said Jim Lockwood, CEO of Aero Wireless Group.
Comptek is included in the municipal relationship in order to develop the small cell design, so that long before applying for a zoning permit, it can be preapproved aesthetically.
“It is a unique relationship they have built with the municipalities,” Lockwood said. “We receive solid feedback on what they would accept and what they would not accept. The permitting process took maybe 30 days but the small cell design process took easily four months.”
Comptek is prepared to provide answers to design problems. It has a whole department of industrial designers and art majors, which collaborate with the real estate people, the wireless operators and the municipalities and develop solutions through photo simulations and thermal molding… Read More on AGL Media Group
California, long known for strict policies for permitting wireless infrastructure, is not a likely locale for a truce in the small cell zoning war. But using a new line of shrouds and mounts from Comptek Technologies, an Aero Wireless Group company, Verizon has made inroads in expediting the permitting and deployments in this state.
Comptek’s “5G Air” tri-sector shroud and modular shrouds are designed to be lightweight and low maintenance and they are compliant with GR-487 requirements. The mounts are made to need minimal installation time, mount to existing structures and withstand wind speeds of 170 mph. But, perhaps the most interesting aspect of the design is the relationships with the carriers and municipalities that inform the Comptek’s small cells.
Verizon has done the legwork taking Comptek’s small cell designs to the city that is critical to getting them approved by the municipality.
“Our primary customer is Verizon and they did a good job of building solid relationships with the municipalities and giving them a lot of options,” said Jim Lockwood, CEO of Aero Wireless Group.
Comptek is included in the municipal relationship in order to develop the small cell design, so that long before applying for a zoning permit, it can be preapproved aesthetically.
“It is a unique relationship they have built with the municipalities,” Lockwood said. “We receive solid feedback on what they would accept and what they would not accept. The permitting process took maybe 30 days but the small cell design process took easily four months.”
Comptek is prepared to provide answers to design problems. It has a whole department of industrial designers and art majors, which collaborate with the real estate people, the wireless operators and the municipalities and develop solutions through photo simulations and thermal molding… Read More on AGL Media Group
