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Here, you will find links to some of the recent and ongoing news reports from around the world on the concern of people about the siting of cell phone towers in their neighborhoods; on the ire of  Municipal Commissioners against cell tower companies; on the dismantling of illegal cell towers by the local municipal authorities; on the Judgements delivered by the Honourable Judges in favor of dismantling cell towers on or near the residential rooftops/areas for variety of reasons; on the fire/freak accidents in the buildings due to these towers; on the full specifics of Municipal Code ordinance governing the future placement and operation of cellular communications towers; and on the latest research on the impact of cell tower radiation on human health.  It's all here for you to see.  Courtesy:  Google Inc. and Creative Commons - Dr. Sirish




Conditional Terms for Cell Towers Must be Explicit, Planner Says
Patch.com
 

As the township moves forward with putting together an ordinance concerning the building of cell towers, township planner Scarlett Doyle said it is important that all conditions in the ordinance be explicit. The ordinance, which has not yet been ...

FCC to hold hearings on cell tower reliability during storms
EmpireStateNews.net
 

WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold field hearings across the New York area to determine what steps need to be taken to ensure that cell towers don't lose power for days or weeks in the wake of severe storms, terrorist ...

HC seeks state government's stand on cell towers
Times of India
 

HYDERABAD: The high court on Wednesday granted three weeks time to the state government to spell out its stand on whether it intends to bring any amendment to the GO issued with regard to erection of cell towers. A division bench comprising acting ...

Letter: Cell tower semantics
Memphis Commercial Appeal
 

20 letter "Don't call them cell towers" from a C Spire Wireless official: The Telecommunications Act of 1999 protects both cellular operators and citizens/residents. Our opposition to C Spire putting a "wireless transmission facility" at Forgey Park is ...

Hurricane Sandy cell tower toll underscores continued importance of ENG, SNG
Broadcast Engineering
Hurricane Sandy not only continues to affect millions of people along the East Coast, but the damage done to the region's cellphone tower infrastructure underscores the vulnerability of IP newsgathering technology to circumstances beyond the control of ...


80-foot Ukiah cell tower OK'd with no light
 Ukiah Daily Journal
With conditions, the Ukiah Planning Commission Wednesday approved the necessary permits to allow Verizon Wireless to build an 80-foot cell tower disguised as a redwood tree on Hastings Road. "I would certainly not like to see a strobe light on top of ...


Govt Issues New Guidelines for Erection of Cell Towers
 AEG India
Govt Issues New Guidelines for Erection of Cell Towers. Hyderabad: With the recent judgment given by High Court related to setting up of cell phone towers, government has issued new guidelines. To set up cell phone towers in villages, taking permission ...


New mobile radiation norms from Sept 1
Times of India
Radio Frequency Exposure Limits lowered to 1/10th of the existing levels

Legal Watch: Cell Towers and the Law: The Necessary Evil in Today's Society 
Rockland County Times
One can hardly drive around more than a few miles without passing a cell tower. Many towers have been poorly disguised or as large plastic trees intended to blend into existing foliage or flagpoles, proudly displaying the American flag. However, regardless ...


HC pulls up govt over cell tower radiation 
Times of India
Breaking News: HC pulls up govt over cell tower radiation. 


Is mobile phone tower radiation a health hazard? 
Hindustan Times
Girish Kumar, department of electrical engineering, IIT Bombay, who submitted a report on cell tower radiation to the department of telecommunications in December 2010. “Following that, in January 2011, a report by an inter-ministerial committee made ...


GE Develops Recyclable, Rechargeable Batteries for Cell Tower Backup
 Scientific American (blog)
A person's arsenal of wireless communications devices—smartphones, tablets, laptops, et cetera—places a heavy burden on surrounding cell towers. But when storms or power surges interrupt electrical ...


Looming Health Crisis: Wireless Technology and the Toxification of America  
Center for Research on Globalization 
This reasoning is routinely put forward by utilities installing smart meters on residences, telecom companies locating cellular transmission towers in populated areas, and now school districts across the US allowing the installation of cell towers ...

With GPS Data Out, Feds Eye Warrantless Cell Phone Surveillance
Wired News
By David Kravets Prosectors are shifting their focus to warrantless cell-tower locational tracking of suspects in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that law enforcement should acquire probable-cause warrants from judges to affix GPS devices to ...


Greenwich Reps. Against Cell Towers Near Schools
The Daily Greenwich
Scott Frantz testifies before the Energy and Technology Committee in support of a bill prohibiting the placement of cell towers near schools and day care centers. GREENWICH, Conn. – A state legislative bill that would prohibit cell towers from being ...


Smart people and yet Smart meters?
Bennington Banner
All of my reading has lead me to question the impact of the cell tower in my neighborhood on the people who live and work here. Is it just coincidence that everyone in my household has become ill or had an exacerbation of pre-existing conditions? ...

The 'Just in Case' Cell Radiation Cure
Arutz Sheva
Cell tower radiation may or may not cause cancer - but with Wave Guard defending your town, you'll never have to worry about that question. By TechIsrael Staff As one of the most “in-touch” countries in the world, Israel is also one of the “hottest” ...


Freedom from cell tower radiation soon?Times of India
Sixteen years after the introduction of mobile telephony in India, the government is finally readying the first set of guidelines on electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation from mobile base stations mounted on cellular phone towers. ...


Cell tower norms bring hope
Times of India
MUMBAI: While the global debate over cellphone towers and ill-health will not be settled soon, activists and citizens' organizations are hopeful that the Centre's guidelines for setting up of these towers will set up healthy standards in India. ...


Panel for cap on cell tower radiation
Times of India
Electromagnetic radiation from mobile towers must be brought down to one-tenth of existing levels, an inter-ministerial committee has said. NEW DELHI: Electromagnetic radiation from mobile towers must be brought down to one-tenth of existing levels, ...


Radiation from cell towers is a serious concern
The Journal News | LoHud.com
So if the transmitter is on a pole outside your house or even on your street, you will get more radiation in your house than you would from most existing cell towers that tend not to be erected in residential areas. The profusion of these antennas mean ...


Cell tower could save your life or life of a loved one
Seacoastonline.com
Why are people so afraid of cell towers? In today's world they are needed because practically everyone owns a cell phone. According to the World Health Organization: Considering the very low exposure levels and research to date, there is no convincing ...


Overflow crowd turns out to fight cell tower
Ct Post
... similar bodies like it in other states are prohibited from considering the health effects of electromagnetic radiation in their decisions in cases such as this one, because cell tower radio frequency emissions "are within accepted safe standards. ...


Sunday Soapbox: Cell Towers, Schools and NIMBYs
Patch.com
Nobody wants a cell tower near their house. Why should we put them near our schools and daycare centers? By Theresa Waldrop "Will this bring about a change in the law, a ban on cell towers being too close" to gas stations, daycares and houses? ...


Malad residents oust illegal cell tower from terrace
Mid-Day
The cell tower company, however, was allegedly using over 1500 sq feet of the terrace space. Apart from antennas, a tower and a feeder cabin, the entire terrace and building had a mesh of cables spread over it." When they observed that the cellular ...


A highly charged discussion on cell tower radiation this
Indian Express
Experts at a day-long workshop on cellphone and cell tower radiation, hazards and solutions organised by IIT Bombay took on each other, with one group claiming that radiation from such towers had been found to be way below dangerous levels and another ...


Cricket greats see red over cell tower radiation
Mid-Day
Residents of Sportsfield building at Worli Sea Face, which has the distinction of housing cricket bigwigs like Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Dilip Vengsarkar, are upset with the languid attitude of MTNL regarding removing their cell towers from the ...

British police use surveillance tech on cell phones?CNET (blog)
The article says that the London Metropolitan Police Service bought the technology, which acts like a fake cell tower, from a UK-based company called Datong plc. The suitcase-sized receiver tricks cell phones into thinking they are communicating on a ...

Parent: Briarlake Elementary Cell Tower Counter to System's Goals
Patch.com
I am here on behalf of our community to ask you to reconsider the placement of a cell tower at Briarlake Elementary. Please reference this document I have provided including my presentation here and further explanation of key points. ...


Cell Tower Study Presents Controversial Findings
Caribarena Antigua
First, it is important to explain why Caribarena got considerably high readings on the cell towers, while this independent study got very low ones. In our study, as we clearly expressed in our articles, we used the IEMFA's Seletun Scientific limits for ...


Lexington resident raises concerns about cell tower exposure
Wicked Local
His fourth-floor apartment is located about 40 feet from the building's cupola, which houses a cell tower. Walko is appealing the Zoning Board of Appeals decision to allow AT&T to add three more antennas to the site. By Samantha Allen/Wicked Local ...


CM promises to address cell tower radiation issue
Hindustan Times
Addressing citizens' concerns about the ill-effects of mobile phone tower radiation, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has said the state government will study and examine the concerns of electromagnetic radiations from such towers. ...

Spy Plane Capable Of DOS Attacks And Intercepting Cellphones
RedOrbit
The $6000 remote-controlled spy plane features an IMSI catcher and antenna to spoof a GSM cell tower and intercept calls. It also has a network-sniffing tool and a dictionary of 340 million words for network passwords. Security researchers Mike Tassey ...

Cell tower has no place in residential area
Edmonton Journal
Re: "Residents fight planned cellphone tower; Group in Hazeldean worried about impact on health and real estate," by Todd Babiak, July 28. Hazeldean is set to get a new cellphone tower, to be located right across the street from my home near the Gerald ...

Lowly texts are sometimes lost in a high-tech shuffle
Kansas City Star
First, you could be out of range of a cell tower. Or the buddy, boss or spouse you're texting might be in a tunnel or a skyscraper canyon or out in the boonies. Just as crucial is the technological niche that makes texting possible. ...

City of Cell Towers
Wanganui Chronicle
Photo / Filecity Of Cell Towers More cellphone towers and infrastructure are going up as telecommunications companies race to meet demand and improve coverage across Wanganui and the region. The latest installation will be attached to a streetlight on ...

Letter: Residents to Propose Moratorium on Cell Towers, Request Special ...
Patch.com
The Dinoto-Hroncich residence on Barnett Place, next to the site of a proposed 120-foot cell tower by T-Mobile. Several other sites have been eyed throughout the village of late, including Valleau Cemetary and the Ridgewood Fire Department headquarters ...

Opposition to cell towers grow as demand increases across New Jersey
Asbury Park Press
ROBERT WARD/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER According to industry's CTIA, the Wireless Association, cell tower sites across the nation have grown from 913 in 1985 to 253086 in 2010. Comparatively subscribers have grown from 340213 to 302, 859, 674. ...

The Growing Movement Against Electromagnetic Contamination
CounterPunch
After witnessing the biggest-ever protest meeting of a village in northern New Mexico, the local school board cancels an already-signed contract to erect cell towers on its schools. * The Catholic Church in Italy calls for cell phone antennas to be ...

Use your head with simple rules to lessen cellphone risk
Palm Beach Post
It links to a nearby cell tower where your signal is amplified and sent on to other towers –– that's why you get so much range from a low-powered cellphone. You may already know that. But here's what you might not know. If you're a good distance from a ...

Has OnLive's Steve Perlman Discovered Holy Grail of Wireless?
Wired News (blog)
If a cell tower today broadcasts on channels that have a capacity of 100 megabits of bandwidth per second, and 100 people connect to that cell tower and share bandwidth equally, each person's connection will measure roughly one megabit per second. ...

Protest against cell tower grows
IBNLive.com
KOCHI: Some residents of Cherlai in West Kochi are up in arms against the installation of a mobile phone tower in their locality, as they claim that the area is thickly populated and the radiation from the tower might prove to be harmful to them. ...

5 Things About Cell Towers
Patch.com
What does it mean for the proposed cell tower behind Market Basket? By James Leggate | Email the author | 6:00am According to the testimony, a spot further from the homes has been difficult to find because of the loading docks and rear exits behind the ...

What You Can't See and Don't Read About: The Harmful Effects of Cell Towers ...
The People's Voice
I discovered hundreds of peer-reviewed, solid studies, both nationally and internationally, linking our normal exposure to non-ionizing radiation, exactly the same kind coming from cell phones and cell towers, with single and double strand DNA breaks, ...

Question of the Day: Do Cell Towers Bother You?
Patch.com
By Timothy Robertson | Email the author | June 21, 2011 It seems like many towns fight the battle with cellular phone companies about how and where to place cell towers. On Thursday, AT&T will go in front of the Zoning Board of Appeals to ask ...

Urbana school board wants questions answered before decision on cell tower
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
URBANA -- The Urbana school board postponed Tuesday any decision on whether to allow a cell tower to locate on the athletic complex at the high school. Several board members said there are still unanswered questions, and they need more information ...

Residents to protest cell tower plan
MyCentralJersey.com
“But they're all within visibility of the cell tower.” More than 100 supporters of the group are expected to be at tonight's Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. The group has hired a real estate consultant, Robert F. Heffernan & Associates, ...

Cell Tower Report
City Watch
CELL TOWERS-The proliferation of cell towers in Los Angeles neighborhoods has been a hot-button issue for months. Following the June 15 Public Works Committee meeting, supporters of an ordinance controlling the ...

Leaning Suquamish cell tower closes Highway 305 Monday
Kitsap Sun
By Josh Farley POULSBO — A highway was closed, a cell tower destroyed and a family of Ospreys displaced after an unusual fire Monday morning before dawn. The tower, on Highway 305 near Lemolo, caught fire just before 4 am, according to the Poulsbo ...

Rights of cell-tower opponents have been trampled
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
2011 2:00AM Gerald Ensley's column hardly merits a response as the picture of the cell tower disguised as some exotic looking tree speaks a thousand words. At first reading I thought the article was tongue-in-cheek. However, the issue is not humorous ...

Every phone is a transmitter too in signal-boosting network concept
CNET UK
You wouldn't be able to listen in on your neighbours' calls, but it would create a web of connected phones that relay signals when cell towers are out of reach. "A network using these protocols would increase coverage in low-signal areas and be able to ...

Bald Eagles Make Their Home on Cell Tower
Patch.com
“It is unusual in New Jersey for eagles to nest in a cell tower - they tend to be more fussy,” said Margaret O'Gorman, Executive Director of the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. “They prefer tall trees near clean water and a good source of ...

Sunday debate: Proposed cell tower Safety should be town's primary consideration
Danbury News Times
Blake Levitt, an award-winning science writer and a Connecticut resident, has written extensively on the harmful effects of electromagnetic field and radio frequency emissions on the environment, noting that cell towers may be responsible for the ...

The Price We Pay For A Full Signal
Shawangunk Journal
And for those of us unlucky enough to live within a quarter of a mile from a cell tower, the radiation is constant. In my town of Gardiner, NY, they plan on erecting two towers, one atop the Town Hall, the second on South Mountain Road. ...

Palo Alto's fiber dreams dealt another blow
Palo Alto Online
This proposal will almost certainly prove a tough sell in Palo Alto, where two recent cell-tower proposals attracted intense opposition from residents at the proposed sites. In one case, AT&T was forced to pull its application for a 50-foot tower at ...

Balloon goes up in Commercial for cell tower
The Bridgeton News - NJ.com
It was set aloft to determine whether a proposed cell tower would intrude on a view of historical sites within a half-mile radius. Because of a number of complaints received from local residents, the Cumberland County Cultural and Heritage Commission ...

Sound off on cell towers
Newnan Times-Herald
Telecommunication Act of 1996 does not give cell phone companies carte blanche to put up a cell tower any place they choose. The true issues are: how will these cell phone towers affect our property values, our way of life and, most of all, ...

Cell tower project angers residents
Arizona Daily Star
Plans for a 68-foot cellphone tower to improve reception on Tucson's northeast side are being delayed after hundreds of residents complained that they were never notified it was going in nearby. AT&T picked the location and signed a lease to build it ...

GHMC to claim cell tower rent
Deccan Chronicle
Depending upon the locality, the tax rate will be levied on cell towers. Officials said the building owners have been collecting huge rentals on towers and this amounts to commercial activity. As per the HMC Act, they have to pay tax on towers in ...

Low-EMF zone in Stockholm suburb defeated on technicality
Planet Thrive
A number of municipalities in Sweden have declared low-EMF zones to protect people with electrical hypersensitivity (EHS) and the general citizenry against the harmful effects of cell towers. Swedish laws covering local planning allow for such zones ...

T-Mobile tower clash is 'a mess' in Abington
Boston Globe
“This is a mess,'' said Dan Burgess, 42, a leader of Abington ReACT, a neighborhood group opposed to the cell tower. “What exactly is going on? Nobody knows.'' Nor is it easy to gain clarity on the issue from local officials. ...

Residents oppose cell towers in DeKalb Schools
Champion
Tempers flared at Medlock Elementary on May 12, during one of the last community meetings held for residents to discuss T-Mobile's proposal to install 12 cell towers at some DeKalb schools. T-Mobile representatives were barraged with questions and ...

Cell tower battle going to next level
NorthJersey.com
BY DENISA R. SUPERVILLE NORTHVALE — The Planning-Zoning Board of Adjustment is taking its legal battle against T-Mobile's plan to build a cell tower on an Industrial Parkway building to the state Supreme Court. At stake are thousands of dollars in ...

T-Mobile engineer to provide testimony about Forks Township monopole ...
Lehighvalleylive.com
By Pamela Sroka-Holzmann | The Express-Times View full sizeCourtesy PhotoTwo Forks Township supervisors worry this cell tower on Glover Road may fall over due to obsolete design. Two Forks Township supervisors and a neighbor are afraid a cell tower ...

Concerns voiced about proposed Urbana cell tower
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
URBANA — Lisa Travis of Urbana lives a block from the site of a proposed 150-foot-tall cell tower US Cellular wants to build at the Urbana High School athletic complex. "I'm not very keen on the idea," Travis said. "I feel if there are some health ...

Cell tower regulations lax: residents
InsideHalton.com
The message is as loud and clear as their cell phones: Oakville residents don't want a new cell tower in their neighbourhood. More than 100 concerned citizens showed up at Saturday's information meeting to convey that message to town councillors and ...

That Palm Tree Could Be a Cell Tower
Mobiledia
By Kendra Srivastava | Fri May 13, 2011 5:29 pm The market to disguise cell towers is growing as companies try to strike a balance between enabling strong mobile communications and eliminating eyesores. Companies like Chameleon Engineering and Larson ...

Reception To New Tuscany Hills Cell Tower Gets Static; Residents Concerned ...
Patch.com
By Rory O'Sullivan | Email the author | 12:28pm Cell tower opponents argue the tower's site is too close to areas where children frequent. Rory O'Sullivan “Can you hear me now” in Tuscany Hills? Tuscany Hills Community Park may be getting a new cell ...

Ban cell tower
InsideHalton.com
OAKVILLE BEAVER - It's no 900-megawatt gas-fired power plant, but it's still got a number of residents hopping... Editor's note: This letter was addressed to Town Council and a copy was filed for publication. My wife and I have lived on Willowdown Road ...

The Mobile Privacy Hearings: Senators Prod, Apple And Google Defend
TechCrunch
At the time, Apple explained that, while it did find a few bugs in the architecture, it was adamant that it is using the location data stored on its devices to maintain and improve upon a crowdsourced database of WiFi hotspots and cell towers — not to ...

Questions surround proposed cell site in Bloomfield
NorthJersey.com
Another long night of testimony wrapped up in Bloomfield over a proposed cell tower at the Brookside Garden Center. Dubbed "co-location," Verizon may be willing to hitch a ride on a proposed tower currently under review by the local board, ...

Cell Tower Frustrations Raised Again
Patch.com
By Michelle Sartor | Email the author | 6:00am Township resident David Snyde said he was "getting pretty tired of the whole situation" with regard to the cell tower. Washington Township residents came to the council meeting Monday and asked for a ...

Microsoft Replies to Congress on Windows Phone 7 Tracking
Redmondmag.com
Rather, it tracks the phone's proximity to Wi-Fi hotspots or cell towers if the user opts in for location tracking. Windows Phone 7 devices also use the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite tracking system if a Wi-Fi hotspot or cell tower isn't in ...

Calgary camouflaging new cell towers
Global BC
A new project by the City of Calgary is making new cell towers a little less noticeable. CALGARY – New cell phone towers rarely receive a warm welcome in Calgary neighbourhoods but a new project by the City of Calgary may make the necessary structures ...

Planned Sisters-Area Cell Tower Sparks Fight
KTVZ
But building a cell tower, neighbors say, will really detract from their quality of life. After receiving notifications from AT&T about a possible cell tower in their neighborhood, some neighbors say: Not in my backyard. "What was running through my ...

Mobile towers posing threat to health
Business Recorder
Mobile towerISLAMABAD: Cell tower numbers in thick populated areas have grown exponentially in recent years, though the health experts warn that electromagnetic radiation from cell phone towers is disastrous for human (and animal) health. ...

Parishioners asked to vote no
Centre Daily Times
The neighborhood surrounding Mount Nittany United Methodist Church in Lemont is overwhelmingly opposed to the church's proposed 75-foot cell tower. Neighbors have expressed their opposition via a petition of more than 100 signatories and many emails ...

 man plans to block cell tower project
San Jose Mercury News
By Joshua Melvin Eric Beeghly is fighting to keep a cell phone transmitter from being installed on a utility pole across the street from the house his family rents; photographed in San Bruno, Calif. on Thursday, May 5, 2011. ...

Willow Grove Cell Tower Unanimously Denied
Patch.com
By Alan Neuhauser | Email the author | 4:02pm The Scotch Plains Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously rejected T-Mobile's application to construct a 120-foot cell tower in the parking lot of Willow Grove Swim Club on Wednesday night, capping more than ...

Don't build tower, most say in Ridgefield hearing
Danbury News Times
Town Meeting on Cell Tower Town meeting in Ridgefield on May 25 at 7:30 pm in Veteran's Park Elementary School on the allocation of $350000 in town funding to help purchase 28 acres of open space -- along with the construction of a cell tower on a ...

Residents mobilize to fight cell towers
Surrey Now
Stracks says a cell tower situated in the densely populated residential area will be an eyesore and hurt property values. The other cell tower is proposed for a site near the Cloverdale Athletic Park at 64th Avenue and 168 Street. ...

Cell Tower Moratorium Extended
Patch.com
By Justin Izzo | Email the author | 7:45am Vaughan Spilsbury was honored by the Town Board with an award for her 50 years of service in the Family Service League. The Town Board voted unanimously to extend a moratorium on the construction of cell phone ...

Tighter scrutiny sought for cell towers
Newsday (subscription)
By DEBORAH S. MORRIS deborah.morris@newsday.com Telecommunications companies that want to erect cell towers on municipal properties in Huntington will face tighter scrutiny if the town's cell tower code is updated. The placement of towers is just one ...

Skyhook routes around Google to MapQuest
Register
A pioneer in the location services business, Skyhook has built a massive location database of Wi-Fi networks and cell towers across the US and other parts of the world. To determine your location, the company's mobile service compares this database to ...

Wireless Advances Could End the Cell Tower War
City Watch
(Editor's note: Recently CityWatch reported on the ongoing cell tower war in Los Angeles. (link) Many Los Angeles neighborhoods are upset about the proliferation of cell towers in their yards and on their blocks … and the City's seeming inability to ...

Patch Picks: Cell Tower Prevention Fundraiser
Patch.com
Citizens Against the Trumbull Tower is holding a neighborhood tag sale event to benefit the legal fees associated with the fight against the cell phone tower planned for the police station location. This Saturday from 9 am until 3 pm, neighbors of ...

Network-Based Tracking Gives Law Enforcement Alternative to GPS
Government Technology
But network-based tracking, which uses signals from cell towers, is steadily improving and quickly moving to the forefront in surveillance operations. Unlike A-GPS, which some cell phone users can recognize and stop by tampering with the GPS chip in ...

CO2 emissions from cell towers up by 52% since 1994
Daily News & Analysis
Dr Girish Kumar, professor of electrical engineering at IIT Bombay, said: “The TRAI's proposed policy has completely missed the demand of protecting the health of people from harmful effects of cell tower radiation.” Kumar is a researcher on cell ...

Apple says iPhone isn't tracking you, just the cell towers it's using. What?
CNET UK
"The location data that researchers are seeing on the iPhone is not the past or present location of the iPhone," the company revealed, "but rather the locations of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers surrounding the iPhone's location, which can be more than ...

Steve Jobs Says 'We Don't Track Anyone' on iPhone
NewsFactor Network
Rather the iPhone, Google's Android, and probably Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 are keeping track of the cell towers around smartphone users for GPS. "It's semantics," an analyst said, and the problem is that the GPS cell-tower location data is being ...

Microsoft collects locations of Windows phone users
CNET
That's different from Apple's practice of recording the locations of visible cell towers on iPhone and iPad devices, which can result in more than a year's worth of data being quietly logged. Google's approach, by contrast, records only the last few ...

AT&T Starts Selling 'Cell Tower in a Suitcase'
ABC News
Usually, cellphone companies have to restore service after disasters like hurricanes by sending in their own trucks that act like mobile cell towers. But AT&T's new product would let first responders such as police and emergency workers immediately ...

iPhone Tracking Not News, Not Unique, and Not Ominous
PCWorld
However, another reason that the data stored on iOS devices should not be news is that Apple already told Congress last summer that it was gathering this information to build a database of cell tower and Wi-Fi hotspot locations. ...

Community fights cell tower installation
Coast News
by Wehtahnah Tucker ENCINITAS — A battle is brewing in one of the city's oldest planned communities, as residents face off against telecom giant Verizon in an effort to stop the installation of a cell tower. Several residents in the Village Park ...

Your iPhone's watching you. Should you care? (FAQ)
CNET
A database of cell tower coordinates and timestamps to indicate when your device was connecting with them. This includes what operator you're on and the country code. The research also found that Apple was tracking data about what Wi-Fi networks you ...

My Life According to the iPhone's Secret Tracking Log
The Atlantic
Apple was secretly creating a log of all my travels by triangulating the nearest cell tower to my location. They've been doing it for a year and storing the data in an unencrypted file, and no one knows exactly for what purpose. ...

Money for tennis courts fell through cracks
Lewisboro Ledger
Town Supervisor Charles Duffy announced last week that the town intends to use money from a temporary cell tower lease to repair some of the tennis courts at the town park. The tennis courts there and at Fox Valley park in Goldens Bridge have been in ...

Telus Cell Tower Unwelcome Neighbour, Seizing the Commons
allvoices
By BMcPherson Telus had plans rejected for siting a new cell tower in the Hammond Bay area of Nanaimo. Residents there were concerned that it would be near a school and were concerned that there might be long term health problems associated with the ...

Pleasant Grove planners hear protests to proposed cell tower
Daily Herald
"Studies conducted by other developed countries have shown that these towers cause a higher incidence of childhood leukemia when the child lives within 1000 feet of a cell tower," Jackman said at an April 15 public hearing. ...

Application to build controversial cell tower at Palo Alto church dropped
San Jose Mercury News
By Jesse Dungan The before and after pictures for the proposed cell tower at St. Albert the Great in Palo Alto. St. Albert the Great Church in Palo Alto is dropping out of a controversial proposal to erect a cell phone tower on its property, ...

Sussex board rejects Bethany cell tower
The News Journal
GEORGETOWN -- In the face of intense opposition, a Sussex County panel reversed its ruling of two years ago and unanimously rejected a controversial cell tower project along Del. 1. The county's Board of Adjustment voted 5-0 to deny AT&T Cellular's ...

Boundaries of true wilderness at issue in tussle over cell tower
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
The debate about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Hennepin County District Court last week featured dueling ornithologists, tree huggers, "vertical structure experts," corporate pencil pushers, ovenbird collision studies, cellphone coverage ...

Ridgewood cell tower proposal opposed by residents
NorthJersey.com
BY EVONNE COUTROS RIDGEWOOD — A proposal by T-Mobile Northeast to install a 120-foot "stealth" cell tower at the corner of First Street and Barnett Place is being opposed by residents who question its residential location, saying it would negatively ...

Civic body clueless about number of cell towers in Hyderabad
Times of India
However, compounding its troubles is the confusion over number of cell towers in the city. Until now, as per official records, there are about 3420 cell towers in the city. Of them, 198 cell towers were declared unsafe as they did not have structural ...

Colts Neck committee rejects settlement of Verizon lawsuit over cell tower
Asbury Park Press
"They (residents) don't want any more cell towers. It's an eyesore and a health hazard," said Dominic Sozio, who said he submitted 120 petitions Wednesday opposing the township's proposed settlement. He said Friday he had collected 20 more petitions. ...
Our view: Cell tower 1 mile from BWCAW isn't impairment
St. Cloud Times
The Friends contend the tower, which is more than double the height of most cell towers across the state, changes that BWCAW skyline day and night because it's required to have flashing lights around the clock. It wants the judge to rule the tower an ...

Balloon tests not flying well with neighbors
Goshen Chronicle
When new electric lines, substations and cell towers come to town, the answer's in the eye of the beholder. Those invested in the construction always say, “You'll barely be able to see it.” But those who live nearby will pronounce them horrendous and ...

Brookside Garden Center Not Ideal for Cell Tower: Expert
Patch.com
Many residents who attended the meetings were still convinced Thursday that the cell tower is not needed. Others voiced concerns about its aesthetic value, calling it an eyesore. Several residents said they were also fearful that the structure would ...

Cell tower inappropriate for Milton viewshed
Arizona Daily Sun
On the cell tower, the neighborhood and parents associated with the nearby school did come out. Speaking for myself, I did take this input into account. However, my primary concern was that the tower would have been 2.6 times the height of the ...

How far back cell phone towers should be from schools and other sensitive locations?
Patch.com
By Newly Paul | Email the author | 3:08pm Planning Commission Chair Martha Fritz during Thursday's discussion about cell ...The Planning Commission weighs options of how far back cell phone towers should be from schools and other sensitive locations.

Architecture board slams aesthetic appeal of AT&T cell tower
San Jose Mercury News
By Diana Samuels.  The Palo Alto Architectural Review Board on Thursday slammed the design of a proposed cell tower at St. Albert the Great Church and told ......"city of Palo Alto should rename themselves 'Antenna Alto, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T.'

Council says "no" to Parkhill cell tower
Kawartha Media Group
... Monday night surrounding a proposed tower at 485 Parkhill RE At 11 pm, council decided to call it a night and resume Tuesday night, during which they decided to oppose the application and bring in some guidelines for future celltower applications. ...

Health fears raised over cell tower
Daily Press
By David Macaulay, dmacaulay@dailypress.com | 247-7838 A cellphone company's struggle to keep up with the rapidly changing face of technology collided with community concerns over the health implications of a new tower in Hampton on Thursday. ...

Architecture board slams aesthetic appeal of AT&T cell tower
San Jose Mercury News
By Diana Samuels The Palo Alto Architectural Review Board on Thursday slammed the design of a proposed cell tower at St. Albert the Great Church and told AT&T to rework its controversial project. While nearly a dozen church neighbors expressed concerns ...

Debe residents vow to stop cell tower construction
The Trinidad Guardian
Despite a meeting with Digicel over the planned construction of a cell tower at Debe, residents are adamant that they will do everything possible to stop the project. In an interview yesterday, president of Chitar Trace Village group, Ramhit Bhimsingh, ...

Residents fight cell tower in park
TribLocal
By Kate Thayer TribLocal reporter Today at 7:10 am Hoffman Estates residents who live near High Point Park are asking village officials to deny a request from T-Mobile to place a cell tower there. The Park District, which owns the land at 1704 Glenlake ...

Home of Palo Alto cell tower opponents vandalized
San Jose Mercury News
By Diana Samuels A Palo Alto couple that nearly succeeded in pulling the plug on City Hall's Internet connection says their home was vandalized Tuesday. Upset by the city's tentative approval of a cell antenna in his neighborhood, Stephen Stuart called ...

Z-Boost METRO YX-540 Boosts Cell Phone Reception
The Mac Observer
You may be lucky enough to have an exterior window that actually faces one of your carrier's cell towers. In our case, it was close, but no cigar. Although a tower was relatively close, there's a ridge between it and his house, blocking the direct ...

Are cell towers dangerous?
Kawartha Media Group
Life is full of risks, but she says people living near the cell tower sites are getting robbed of their right to choose. Charlene Creelman questioned the impact of the towers along with other wireless waves on the environment. "The air is habitat," she ...

Penal residents protest cell tower
The Trinidad Guardian
A contractor moved into a vacant lot at Chitarr Trace, Mohess Road, Debe, and began clearing land to erect a cell tower. But with no prior consultation and fears of possible radiation contamination, residents got together and staged a protest demanding ...

T-Mobile Cell Tower Application Withdrawn
Patch.com
The application to build a cell tower on Hance Avenue in Tinton Falls, which garnered significant opposition from residents, was withdrawn on Friday, according to Mayor Michael Skudera. By Amy Byrnes | Email the author | 11:53am A cell tower antenna ...

Midland Park Planning Board threatens to dismiss cell tower application
NorthJersey.com
BY REBECCA GREENE MIDLAND PARK — The Sprint Nextel application before the Planning Board to upgrade its cellphone service has been postponed to May 16, but members of the board warned that if the applicant fails to appear again, the application may be ...

Greenwich Residents Continue Battle Over New Byram Cell Tower
CBS New York
GREENWICH, CT (WCBS 880) – New cell towers are popping up all over the place, some even without warning. But one planned cell tower in a Greenwich neighborhood has a battle raging. The current cell tower, resembling a flag pole, would give way to a ...

Residents oppose tower days before public hearing [Connecticut Post, Bridgeport]
TMC Net
(Connecticut Post (Bridgeport) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) March 28--A Byram man says Greenwich's leadership has ignored residents of western Greenwich who oppose a new cell tower there. John Bowman, who lives at 56 Ritch Ave., close to where a ...

Cell Tower Bid Rejected in Mount Desert
Fenceviewer
MOUNT DESERT — A proposal to build an AT&T cell phone tower on the Mount Desert Elementary School ballfield in Northeast Harbor, or on some other parcel of town-owned land has been rejected by the board of selectmen. The board voted 4-0 on Monday not ...

Area Couple's Status: Cell Tower Refugees
countytimes.com By Jack Coraggio
KENT–The darkened office window still has the name Progressive Medicine etched into it. For five years, in a small but otherwise bustling business complex near Kent’s charming town center, the comprehensive natural treatment center stood as an active and viable part of the economic community

Residents Voice Concern Over Potential Cell Tower
Patch.com
Concerned residents filled the Westwood High School auditorium to speak against erecting a cell tower at Temple Beth David. By Bobby Martin | Email the author | 2:00pm A large crowd of concerned residents gathered in the Westwood High School auditorium ...

Residents Hosting Meetings to Fight Cell Tower Applications
Patch.com
By Daniel Hubbard | Email the author | 6:54pm A group of residents will meet at the Wayne Public Library soon to discuss how to best fight against the five pending cell tower applications before the township's planning and zoning boards. ...

Councillors want more restrictions on cell towers
Kawartha Media Group
Dan McWilliams stated every cell tower is a pollution to the landscape, but control is out of council's hands. A meeting with MP Dean Del Mastro and with someone from Industry Canada will be set up to help with the City's concerns.

Towers on schools raise concern
04 Feb 2011, 00:59
Cell phone towers perched atop school buildings are causing intense bouts of anxiety amongst parents and teachers alike after a central government committee concluded that radiation from these towers can cause serious ailments.
Question of the Week: Cell Towers Not in Ridgewood Back Yards?
Patch.com
copy of T-Mobile's cell tower proposal for Barnett Place. The tower proposed is 145-feet tall. Cell tower proposals are popping up; what are your thoughts on the telecom push to grow in residential neighborhoods? By James Kleimann | Email the author ...

FCC Decision On Cellular Signal Boosters Imminent
Forbes (blog)
By ELIZABETH WOYKE The fate of cellular signal boosters has long been uncertain in the US Wireless carriers say the devices, which amplify signals between cell towers and cellphones, interfere with their networks. Booster manufacturers say their ...

Longboat Key Letters – March 2011
Longboat Key News
I understand that the application for construction of a cell tower at Longboat Chapel on the North End of Longboat Key is again being considered by the town. Little — other than technology — has changed since the last round of North End cell tower ...

Residents Voice Skepticism of West End Cell Tower at Update Presentation
Patch.com
By Tom Auchterlonie | Email the author | March 7, 2011 A schematic of the proposed West End cell tower. On hand to speak with them was Manny Vicente, president of co-applicant Homeland Towers (the other is AT&T) addressed people with an update on the ...

Students protest against cellphone tower in IIT-B
Indian Express
Ironically, it was an IIT-Bombay professor — Girish Kumar of the electrical engineering department — who had submitted a 30-page report on “cell tower radiation” to the Department of Telecommunications in December 2010. “In India, we have adopted ...

Council asked for cell tower restrictions
Canada.comBy Derek Spalding, Daily News March 1, 2011 12:00 AM
Residents along Hammond Bay are lobbying city council members to create new regulations to restrict cellular phone towers from being erected within 500 metres of any schools. ...

Rally against proposed cell tower in Cloverdale
Surrey Now
As a concerned resident of Cloverdale, I am adamantly opposed to the proposed building of a cellphone tower on 168th Street and 66th Avenue. My husband and I cannot believe the City of Surrey would consider allowing the proposed construction of this ...

Mundelein rejects cell tower
Mundelein Review
By JOHN ROSZKOWSKI jroszkowski@pioneerlocal.com
The Mundelein Village Board voted Monday night to concur with recommendations of the Mundelein Plan Commission to deny T-Mobile's request for a proposed 75-foot cell tower in Memorial Park at 251 N. ...

Fist-Sized Cellular Antennas Will Help Feed Data-Hungry Smartphones
Money Morning
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning Several new cellular antenna technologies eventually could remove the steel-tree cell towers' blight on the landscape while improving signal coverage and making more bandwidth available for Web-connected ...

India targets illegal cell phone towers
By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN
April 2, 2010 -- Updated 0753 GMT (1553 HKT)
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Authorities in the Indian capital have launched a crackdown on mobile-phone antenna towers illegally placed atop hospitals, schools and homes in residential neighborhoods. Cell phone operators have been ordered to move towers out of residential areas or get written statements from residents saying they don't mind having them installed in their neighborhoods.



Quarter of cell towers still not certified safe
TNN, Jan 8, 2011, 03.56am IST
NEW DELHI: Nearly a quarter of telecom base transceiver stations (BTS) mounted on telecom towers are yet to get safety certification on possible health-related effects of electromagnetic emissions despite a government order.


No cell towers atop buildings without PMC's nod
Times of India
PUNE: Housing societies allowing the installation of cellphone towers atop their terraces without the Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) permission will have to face the music.

Wireless advances could mean no more cell towers
Newsday (subscription)
By AP Quick ReadEnd of the cell tower? Wireless industry experiments with much smaller, cube-shaped antennas Photo credit: AP | In this undated photo ...

Cell tower will not be built on school land
Brattleboro Reformer
By JOSH STILTS, Reformer Staff Wednesday, January 12, 2011 DOVER - After months of arguments, accusations and parents taking sides a proposed cell tower ...

Cell tower catches fire, nearby buildings evacuated
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Adam Bragg, vice president of the company, said company officials would have no comment concerning the cell tower or the fire.

Cell tower leads to dispute over access
Walton Sun
PANAMA CITY — There are plenty of reasons people have protested against having a cell tower in their neighborhood. Health risks, a negative effect on ...

Resurvey of city cell towers soon
Times of India
HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will take up a resurvey of cell towers in the city, including those that came up in the last ...

Namibia: Court Puts Stop to Cell Tower
All Africa ICT
A GROUP of Windhoek residents on Friday scored a victory - temporarily, at least - in their quest to stop the construction of a new cellphone tower on an ...

New cell tower ordinance draft full of specifics
Cleveland Daily Banner
During a recent webinar that targeted the legal issues surrounding changes and growth in the cell tower and telecommunications industry, it was learned that ...

No Cell Tower In Washington:
Housatonic Times
11, in connection with a proposed 180-foot 4G cell tower (this would be the largest tower in Litchfield County) to be situated on the above referenced ...

T-Mobile cell tower nixed in Calabasas
By Sylvie Belmond
Residents of Mulholland Heights in Mulwood breathed easier last week after Calabasas planning commissioners rejected an application to install new cell tower equipment on a water tank in their neighborhood.

A Judge bans a GSM phone mast because of the health hazard
next-up.org
On 18 May the district court of Ghent gave a judgment banning the installation of a phone mast in the suburb of Drongen....

Israel cities bans placing cellular antennas on residential buildings
Haaretz.com
Cellular antennas will no longer be placed in living quarters, including balconies, the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee approved Wednesday, as part of a unanimous endorsement of the non-ionizing radiation regulations.

Mobile-phone antenna equipment bursts into flames
The worst fears of around 25 families in a six-floor building on Lenin Sarani came true around 6pm on Thursday when one of the three rooms on the terrace stacked with cables attached to three mobile phone towers caught fire.

Taiwan removes 1,500 cell towers near schools
The China Post
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The target of dismantling 1,500 mobile phone base stations (MPBS) this year will be easily achieved by the end of the year, National Communications Commission (NCC) Chairman Su Yeong-chin said yesterday. Residential neighborhoods and schools must not be exposed to the risk of radiation emitted by the MPBSs that could cause cancer, miscarriages and diseases of the nervous system, and could even drive people to suicide, the legislators said....

French court of appeal upholds removal of a base station on health grounds
In its judgement, the Crown Court of Nanterre sentenced the company Bouygues Telecom, with immediate effect, to remove the transmission station, subject to a penalty of 100€ per day of delay following a period of four months counting from the day following the announcement of the verdict

West Rockhill residents question plans to expand cell tower
Montgomery Newspapers
Representatives from T-Mobile Northeast LLC scheduled an appointment to speak publicly with the board regarding their plans to expand one of the cell towers ...

Edison residents fear impact of cell tower
Edison Sentinel
They also fear the cell tower would have a negative effect on property values, and possibly pose a health concern due to radiation. ...

Council opposes cell tower placement
Cleveland Daily Banner
Banner photo, DAVID DAVIS Members of the Cleveland City Council were unanimous Monday in approving a resolution opposing a cell tower at 699 17th St. NW in ...

Cell tower plan causes concern
The Tennessean
In an economy where foreclosures are commonplace and homes are hard to sell, Stoecker believes that a cell tower within less than 50 feet of her property ...

E. Brunswick board says no to cell tower plan
East Brunswick Sentinel
BY LAUREN CIRAULO EAST BRUNSWICK — About 20 residents who live near the site of a proposed cell tower broke into applause last week after the Zoning Board ...

Yucaipa council denies unpopular cell tower
Redlands Daily Facts
A standing ovation awaited the Yucaipa City Council Monday night when the five-member body voted unanimously to deny a cell phone tower in the rural North Bench neighborhood. The cell tower project was largely unpopular with residents of the neighborhood. More than a dozen residents took the lectern Monday to express concerns about falling property values, health risks and negative aesthetic effects the cell tower could have in the neighborhood.

COUNCIL SAYS NO TO 150- FT CELL TOWER
Avon Lake Ledger
For weeks, residents of Meadow Vistas and the Westwinds have pleaded their cases at council meetings citing numerous reasons why the cell tower should not be allowed, including health concern, the tower falling onto Meadow Vistas and the potential the tower would decrease property values of homes that cost upwards of $500,000. ...

Judge: HB had right to hold revocation hearing for cell towers
OCRegister


Portugal: Residents say No to tower
algarveresident.com
MORE THAN 1,000 residents and visitors have signed a petition to ask for the removal of a telecommunications mast that they say has been erected illegally by mobile telephone companies on a tower near residential houses in Ferragudo, in the Lagoa council.

65ft-high cell tower snaps in squall
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The sudden squall on Friday evening caused a 65-foot cellular tower inside Yamuna Sports Complex in east Delhi to snap into two just like a frail ...

Radiation linked to cancer, infertility |
 Deccan Chronicle | 2010 ...
13 Oct 2010 ... Though the radiation one is exposed to during a mobile phone call is 10 times higher than exposure from a cell tower, just standing in a ...

French judge bans cell phone tower installation near school citing precautionary principle.
The Court motivated its decision (Order) indicating that the parcel of the school is located within 100 m of the church, so it is likely to be subjected to radiation from the antenna.

In Tunisia The court has recognized the danger of masts even 100 meters away
The court has recognized the danger of masts even 100 meters away. The Court of Appeal of Tunis ordered the dismantling of a base station installed on the roof of a villa in a residential neighborhood in the capital on behalf of uncertainties about its impact on health of residents.

What cell phone towers radiation does to your body | Alternative ...
In Germany, a study has documented illness in dairy cows caused by cell phone towers radiation. This included decreased milk production, infertility, ...

‘Unhealthy’ beep on cell phone radar
Express News Service
A study with an aim to sensitise the general public on the ill effects of excessive cell-phone usage caused by electromagnetic radiation has been recently conducted at Panjab University (PU).

Residents rise up against new Verizon cell tower plan
NorthJersey.com
Earlier in the year, the community fended off a proposed cell tower on Silver Spruce Drive in the Glenwood area. Currently, the taxpayers of End-O-Lane Road ...

2 more cell towers removed
TNN, May 1, 2009, 04.18am IST
HYDERABAD: Two more cellphone towers were removed at Fatehnagar on Thursday by civic officials following complaints of radiation from locals.

Municipal commissioner glares at mobile towers

Bhubaneswar Municipal Commissioner (BMC) has issued notices to telecom companies for erecting "unauthorized" mobile towers on buildings in thickly populated areas of the city. The BMC action followed complaints from residents about the hazards of the towers.

‘Real radiation levels far exceeds safe limits’ – TehelkA survey
eliehouse.wordpress.com
Cell radiation is slow poison. Effects begin with fatigue and could end in cancer. It is nearfatal for ones with pacemakers

People power as residents prevail in cell tower ban in Hempstead
Long Island Report
by Rashed Mian Concerned citizens were instrumental in the passing of a new law prohibiting wireless companies from building cell towers or antennas within ...

Commission to Recommend Wireless Ordinance Revisions to City Council
Patch
"We need a city ordinance that says in black and white that there will be no cell towers adjacent to homes, no cell towers on school grounds and no cell ...

Residents fighting cell tower proposed for Triunfo Park
Thousand Oaks Acorn
Many of them came in response to the efforts of Kelly Kleinman, who lives near the proposed cell tower site. “Verizon tried to shove an unsightly and ...

PTC takes another crack at final celltower rules
The Citizen.com
The latest changes to Peachtree City's next celltower ordinance are expected to be approved Thursday night by the City Council. At the request of council, ...

Neighbors Don't Want Cell Tower In Their Backyard
NBC4i.com
"The Verizon cell tower that is going up will probably be taller than the tree that you can see with no leaves on it," said Joni Kline, while pointing to ...

Eureka cell tower ordinance adopted
Contra Costa Times
Building cell towers in residential neighborhoods will soon be harder as the Eureka City Council voted on Tuesday to adopt the wireless telecommunications ...

Citizens learn about mobile phone safety
Kunal Purohit, Hindustan TimesMumbai, October 11, 2010
While the government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) hesitate on forming regulations about radiation emitted through mobile phone towers,

Stricter guidelines soon for mobile radiation
Sandeep Joshi Share 
The Union government finally seems to have woken up to the health hazards related to radiation from mobile towers and handsets. The Ministry of Communications and IT is considering a high-level study to find out the level of electromagnetic frequency (EMF) radiation from towers and handsets in order to frame stricter regulations to rein in erring operators and handset

Mobile towers on residential areas: TRAI to decide by June
Telecom regulator Trai plans to put in place a national policy by June on setting up telecom towers, as it looks to stop the mushrooming of cellsites in residential areas that has resulted in standoffs between telcos and city administrations.

YES,THERE ARE HAZRDS OF CELL PHONE TOWERS!!!

Various studies have revealed that frequent exposure to these RF (Radiofrequency) radiations can lead to health related problems ranging from chronic fatigue to DNA damage.

Nuts and bolts look at how cell networks work
Orlando Sentinel
The backbone of the system is the hundreds of cell towers spread throughout Central Florida. Often built by a third party, the towers can hold antennas for ...

Morrisville neighbors fight cell tower
Cary News
... for not meeting just one of those requirements. A preliminary vetting from Morrisville planning staff found the cell tower proposal to meet the standards.

Cell tower siting issue may widen
Boston Globe
“The proposed cell tower is an absolutely inappropriate, 150-foot tall com mercial structure planned for a densely populated residential area, ...

Daly City Residents Rally to Block San Bruno Mountain Cell Tower Project, Says ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
Cell phone companies are in a race to catch up with the demands of its internet enabled cell phone customers, who require greater speeds than traditional ...

Scotch Plains rejects cemetery cell tower proposal
NJ.com
“I believe the citizens of Scotch Plains actually prevailed in this case,” said Michael Curtin, one of the most active opponents of the cell tower plan. ...

PTC to tweak celltower rules again
The Citizen.com
Mayor Don Haddix said he understood the citizens' concerns about allowing celltowers in public parks. But if the city became too restrictive with its ...

Topsham cell tower limit goes to voters
Times Record
More than 500 Topsham voters signed a petition that would amend specific performance standards for transmission towers so that no new cell towers would be ...

Topsham hearing zeroes in on cell tower limits
Times Record
The petition seeks to amend specific performance standards for transmission towers so that no new cell towers would be allowed in the R-1 (urban ...

Williston Park Holds Marathon Hearing on AT&T Cingular Antennas
New Hyde Park Illustrated News
“The key item I want to emphasize to you tonight is that we are not proposing a new cell tower. We are putting up antennas. They are about 4' tall and not ...

Letter: Cell tower planned next to school raises health concerns
NorthJersey.com
My primary objection is the unknown health risks of having a cell tower so close to an elementary school and to residences. ...

Community council not happy with cell towers
Agoura Hills Acorn
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com Oak Park leaders expressed concern over new cell towers that were erected at the Kilburn Court water tank. ...

Residents protest cell tower plans
Mail Tribune
By Vickie Aldous ASHLAND — Nearly a dozen residents spoke out against the proposed installation of cell towers on Ashland Street Cinemas before the City ...

OCEANSIDE: Plan to put cell tower on school withdrawn
North County Times
Parents who fought to stop construction of the cell tower were relieved to learn of Sprint/Clearwater's decision. "That's fabulous," said Ellen Clark, ...

Eureka council moves forward with cell tower ordinance
Contra Costa Times
The Eureka ordinance that would regulate the building of cell towers and discourage them in residential areas pressed onward with a vote from the Eureka ...

Parents take stand against cell tower
Washington Post
By Kevin Sieff The cellphone towers sprouting on Northern Virginia's schools in recent years are mainly the work of one man, Len Forkas, ...

Neighbors protest proposed cell phone tower
Pleasanton Weekly
Neighbors also stated that the proposed cell tower raises health fears. Pleasanton has an ordinance that cell towers may not be located within 300 feet of a ...

Hillside Cemetery Cell Tower Debate Heats Up at Zoning Board Meeting
Patch
When Olivito brought up the case of a denied cell tower in Cranford, an objection was successfully raised that questioned his expertise, a recurring theme ...

El Granada residents win a battle that shouldn't have been fought
Half Moon Bay Review
Congratulations to the residents of the El Granada hills, who made such a fuss that AT&T decided to find another place for its cell tower. ...

Residents, Council Express Opposition to Proposed Armory Cell Tower
Patch
Residents expressed concern to the full Council about the health and aesthetic aspects of having a cell tower placed on the site, along with the impact on ...

US town enacts tough cell tower limits
Sydney Morning Herald
A town in suburban New York has imposed restrictions on the placement of new cell towers that are among the toughest in the US, and one phone company says ...

Why did Verizon nix fake-tree cell tower?
Seacoastonline.com
RYE — There's a lot of static surrounding the recently withdrawn plans for a cell tower at Odiorne Point State Park. Verizon's attempt to erect a cell ...

VIDEO: Record Newswatch Sept. 27, 2010
Times Herald-Record
Featured in today's Record Newswatch - The latest on the brewing battle over a plan to erect a 120-foot cell tower in the Town of Shawangunk; ...

Maybe cell-phone tower projects can be toppled
myCentralJersy.com

Take heart, cell-tower haters. There are reasons for hope when a new tower proposal comes to a neighborhood near you. Consider the plight of the Regency ...

Battle over cell tower now in court
Cincinnati.com

Richard McVay, who was part of the residents coalition opposed to the cell tower, said that during the public part of the hearing, resident after resident ...

Long Island Town Passes Restrictive Cell Tower Law
TMCnet
By Ed Silverstein A Long Island, NY, township has imposed tough restrictions on the placement of new cell towers that are among the toughest in the United ...

Tinley residents rally against proposed cell tower at Andrew
Southtown Star
Mott said appraisers have told him "there's no effect on property values" from living near a cell tower. "A 100-foot tower complete with lights is a beacon ...

NY town enact tough cell tower limits
The Associated Press
Comi's company advises municipalities in 32 states on cell tower regulations, he said. "Because of the volume and continued growth of cellular devices, ...

Hempstead Approves Tough Cell Tower Measures
CBS New York
New cell towers are now banned within 1500 feet of a home, a house of worship, a daycare center or a school, 1010 WINS' Mona Rivera reported. ...

Hundreds of residents concerned about cell tower proposed in Bridgewater
myCentralJersy.com
The cell tower antennas would be within the pole. Nowak engineer provided several birds-eye photographs of towers next to commercial buildings. ...

Public should fight cell towers at every opportunity
myCentralJersy.com
Because there's no reason for residents to feel they must sit back and accept another cell tower in their midst. This isn't a typical NIMBY protest ...

AT&T withdraws cell tower application after packed MCC meeting
Coastsider
Since I posted my letter earlier this morning, it has come to my attention that AT&T's decision to withdraw their El Granada #1 water tank cell tower ...

North Plainfield cell tower plan on hold; applicant seeks alternative site
myCentralJersy.com
... complex are optimistic after an applicant seeking to construct a cell tower on the property appeared to consider looking elsewhere late Wednesday. ...

Solar Powered Cellphone Towers In India To Reduce 5 Million Tons CO2 Emissions, Save $1.4 Billion Every Year
Scientific American
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Indian government is likely to come out with a mandate that would require telecom operators to transform their cellphone towers from being powered by diesel generators to solar panels.

Brockton residents get two chances Tuesday to hear about cell towers at schools
Enterprise News
About the cell tower proposal, Beyer said, “I have some reservations, and I've listened and a lot of them have reassured me. My big concern would be how the ...

Guest column — Cell tower is health risk
NCAdvertiser.com (blog)
This statement is addressing the attempt to put a cell tower at the site of Silver Hill psychiatric hospital in

29 Dec 2010, 04:52
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will take up a resurvey of cell towers in the city, including those that came up in the last two years.
Times of India 07 Dec 2010, 04:02
Cellphone operators have long denied their transmitting towers atop buildings or on highways have any adverse bearing on the health of humans or animals, despite several studies across the world concluding the contrary.
Cell tower norms to get stricter
Hindustan Times
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is in the process of finalising tougher norms for radiation emitting from cell towers. The department hopes that ...


HC 'no' to mobile towers without permission
19 Jan 2011, 06:42
The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Tuesday restrained the mobile telephone companies from erecting mobile towers without obtaining prior permission from civic bodies including NMC and NIT under MRTP Act.

Meeting about power of cell towers
Maple Ridge News
The issue is a complicated one governed by Industry Canada with limited input from local municipalities on where a cell tower is installed. Also on the agenda are the possible health effects of wireless routers located in schools and classrooms. ...

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