Government
Town Selects Homeland Towers To Proactively Address Wireless Dead Spots
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The Town of New Canaan has selected Homeland Towers to draw up plans for bringing in more cellular coverage in town. The company, as its main service, “performs a full assessment of the state of wireless communications in any municipality through the measurement of existing wireless coverage, and performs an in-depth qualification process to identify objectively good candidates for the placement of wireless communications facilities,” according to its website. Part of the purpose in doing that is to help towns get better “control and leverage over siting issues,” which is exactly what New Canaan wants. The firm is one of five that responded to a Request For Proposal (RFP) from the town which was sent out in March. In an update to the Board of Selectmen last Tuesday, Tom Tesluk, chairman of the all-volunteer Utilities Commission, said two of the firms that replied were disqualified right up front.