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| Rachel Carson Middle School Receives $25K from Milestone Communications |
| Carson Middle to receive funds for having wireless communications tower placed on the property |
| November 23, 2010 – Herndon Patch |
Rachel Carson Middle School receieved a $25,000 check from Milestone Communications Today.
School principal, August Frattali, accepted the check during the stacking of the tower. The school will continue to receive money from having the check on its property.
Frattalli said the school plans to use the $25,000 to purchase new technology for students to use, including laptops.
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| Cell Phone Towers a Growing Presence in Fairfax County Schools |
| Installations bring in revenue, but also health concerns |
| October 21, 2010 – Lorton Patch |
Did you happen to notice the massive cell phone tower wedged between the stadium lights on the campus of South County Secondary School? If you didn't, that's the idea. The companies that own them would prefer that they blend in. If you think it's unusual for a cell phone to be on public property or on school property, it isn't. That doesn't mean it isn't controversial. For now, the tower at South County SS is the only one in Lorton-area schools. Erica Hendry, editor of the Vienna Patch has a detailed report.
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| Cell phone tower considered at Thoreau Middle School |
| October 21, 2010 – TBD.com |
A late night in Fairfax County as school and community leaders weigh in on a controversial plan that would install a cell phone tower on school property. This proposal would place the tower at Thoreau Middle School in Vienna.
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| A Towering Debate |
| Patch takes a look at proposed cell towers in Vienna and across Northern Virginia |
| October 20, 2010 – Vienna Patch |
With the approval of a cell tower along the southern bleachers of its football field, Madison High School joins the growing number of properties across Northern Virginia that leases land for the construction of cell towers. And if the Fairfax County Planning Commission approves a proposal for another tower in Vienna tonight, Thoreau Middle School will be next.
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| Schools, Communities Go Wireless |
| Smartpoles provide increased coverage, neighbors raise safety concerns. |
| August 4, 2010 – Great Falls Connection |
As cell phone voice usage declines and smartphones like iPhones, BlackBerrys and Droids become increasingly popular, the current cell phone coverage is struggling to keep up with increased data use. That’s where a company like Milestone Communications comes in, and as they help increase cell and Internet coverage, they can also help struggling public and private institutions.
According to the FCC, cell phone voice usage has been declining since 2007, while at the same time data consumption has risen and wireless networks have gotten almost six times faster.
“For the first time, consumers are driving the bus, and the providers are trying to play catch-up," said Milestone CEO Len Forkas. "People want to have information around them at all times. In the future, wireless communications are going to be utilities as important as power and water.”
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| Schools profit from new cell towers in Frederick |
June 5, 2010 – Associated Press
Frederick, MD |
A tree towering above the others near Frederick Community College is actually not a tree at all. It's a new cell phone tower disguised with artificial evergreen branches.
The 125-foot tower is located on a Frederick County Public Schools site, one of many being built on school properties.
The tower is owned by Milestone Communications of Reston, Va. Cell phone carriers such as T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon lease space from Milestone to improve their coverage in the area.
Milestone pays schools $30,000 up front when a new tower is built and then at least $1,000 a month from the revenue generated by the tower.
Towers have been built on Linganore and Urbana high schools' property as well as at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School. |
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| PCIA Names Len Forkas to Tower Advisory Committee |
Marc Ganzi, Chairman of the PCIA Wireless, a national organization representing the wireless telecommunication infrastructure industry recently formed an advisor committee to provide feedback on current trends and best practices in the development of wireless towers. The committee consists of private owners and tower developers representing different regions in the US.
Len Forkas, CEO of Milestone Communications, will chair a team that will develop programs to share information among between members, identify important regulatory issues in the industry and generate membership value for entreprenuers in the infrastructure industry. |
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| Hopecam Ride for Hope |
Milestone Communications is proud to have sponsored five dedicated riders as they cycled 525 miles from Reston to Rochester raising money for Hopecam.
The physical challenge of this five-day ride is symbolic of the challenges children that are homebound with cancer experience. Hopecam provides these children with laptops, web cams, and Internet connections to maintain communication with their school, family, and friends. These are provided at no cost. Milestone CEO, Len Forkas, and Hopecam’s founder, was one of the riders.
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