4GHoward Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 MasTec will be acquiring WesTower. I wonder if this will be beneficial for Sprint. Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mastec-expands-wireless-operation-with-acquisition-of-westower-communications-inc-2014-10-20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 MasTec will be acquiring WesTower. I wonder if this will be beneficial for Sprint. Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mastec-expands-wireless-operation-with-acquisition-of-westower-communications-inc-2014-10-20 Oh god mastec... Not a lot of good things to say about them.. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caspar347 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Oh god mastec... Not a lot of good things to say about them.. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Oh crap. How bad are they? They do 88r installs around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Kudo Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Blast! A lot of Sprint cell sites around here are controlled by WesTower. MasTec is going to ruin them even more... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Mastec, like all of the other contractors have more work than they can handle. It takes real skill to manage projects where everybody is using the same subcontractors. Sprint failed the project management course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Mastec, like all of the other contractors have more work than they can handle. It takes real skill to manage projects where everybody is using the same subcontractors. Sprint failed the project management course... Good thing sprint is now mostly using black and Veatch. Mastec is mostly concerned with Att and Verizon. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurrcayne_dre Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Mastec.....crooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Good thing sprint is now mostly using black and Veatch. How in the world did Sprint ever connect with Black & Veatch? The two headquarters are only right across the street from one another in Overland Park. AJ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthawks Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 just saw mastec working on a site for sprint in the Denver area/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucdenny Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Good thing sprint is now mostly using black and Veatch. Mastec is mostly concerned with Att and Verizon. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Only Samsung NV correct? Not sure if ALU is using them.. If Sprint had used Black and Veatch for the whole NV project from the beginning, would it been possible Sprint could have been on schedule? This is assuming Sprint did not use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runagun Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 B&V is used for Network Vision. As to the extent I couldn't' tell you. I remember hearing they where helping Samsung. But, its been a while since my buddy told me any information. Only Samsung NV correct? Not sure if ALU is using them.. If Sprint had used Black and Veatch for the whole NV project from the beginning, would it been possible Sprint could have been on schedule? This is assuming Sprint did not use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 just saw mastec working on a site for sprint in the Denver area/ They are primarily AT&T and Verizon. If they have crews available they will do work for Sprint, but AT&T takes priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthawks Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 They are primarily AT&T and Verizon. If they have crews available they will do work for Sprint, but AT&T takes priority. They were working on a site that just got rrus a couple months ago but lte hasnt been fired up yet. Now the rrus are on the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) Interesting tidbit. It seems that both Mastec and WesTower were AT&T subcontractors and were severely affected by the AT&T slowdowns. Plus Westower accounts for revenues and profits by using an accounting method called "percent complete". So it may record revenue before the bill is sent to the customer and paid. So it might show revenue and profit before the money is actually deposited in the bank. For more gory details: http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm Edited October 22, 2014 by bigsnake49 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GHoward Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Blast! A lot of Sprint cell sites around here are controlled by WesTower. MasTec is going to ruin them even more... Does T-Mobile have any towers controlled by WesTower or MasTec? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Does T-Mobile have any towers controlled by WesTower or MasTec? Controlled? These are contractors that perform upgrades. Not tower owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GHoward Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Controlled? These are contractors that perform upgrades. Not tower owners. I was going by Conan's post when he said controlled by Sprint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Kudo Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Does T-Mobile have any towers controlled by WesTower or MasTec? It has a few in North Mississippi, mostly ones co-located with Sprint. However, several sites formerly under WesTower's control moved to others over the last year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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