Archive for: February 2015

Fierce Wireless has reported that the Cricket Wireless CDMA network will be shut down by mid-September 2015. AT&T bought Cricket in 2014 and has been transitioning customers to AT&T’s GSM/LTE network.

It’s possible that once the shut down is complete AT&T will transition the old Cricket cell sites to AT&T LTE sites and help fill-in coverage gaps in AT&T’s network.

Verizon recently completed construction on 6 new cell sites in the Reno area, mainly improving coverage in existing coverage areas. Those sites include:

• Mately Lane – Co-located on a tower with other wireless carriers near the intersection of Mill Street and Terminal Way
• Montello & 7th – Co-located on a tower with other wireless carriers near the intersection of Sutro and 6th Street
• Moya Blvd. & Lear Blvd. – New monopine in the Stead industrial area
• N. Virginia & W. Golden Valley Rd. – New monopole near the Raleigh Heights subdivision
• Pyramid Lake Hwy & Sha Neva Rd. – New 100′ monopole covering the north part of Spanish Springs
• S. Virginia & California Ave. – atop the Ponderosa Hotel