A radio site is not static – it is “living” and developing. First of all, it is selected, planned, erected, commissioned and later serviced in regular intervals. And thereafter?

 

During its lifetime, a radio site undergoes numerous modifications. If a GSM-site is intended to be used also for UMTS or LTE henceforth or another network operator wants to share the site, additional equipment has to be installed on site. This extension requires substantial planning and static calculation work. The technical progress and with it the mobile phone generations following in ever shorter intervals, entail regular retrofits or complete replacement of system and antenna equipment. Soaring cost pressure enforces higher energy efficiency and, consequently, retrofits of technical equipment. In the framework of modified radio network planning, antennas have to be readjusted and recommissioned.

 

Also vital to radio sites and networks is: The only constant is modification. And we are at home in this subject.