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Global Tower Partners' Utilities Head Named to UtiliSite Council BoardBOCA RATON, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- Global Tower Partners (GTP) announced Daniel Turnpaugh, its Vice President of Utility Development, has been named to the leadership team of UtiliSite Council. UtiliSite Council is an organization of utilities that offers a wide variety of support services for commercial wireless carriers including antenna sitings, traffic backhaul and construction. "UtiliSite Council is the premier voice for utilities providing collocation services to wireless carriers and my goal as a board member is to help grow the organization by listening to member needs, creating buzz around the benefits of membership, and measuring our performance," stated Turnpaugh. "As wireless technology continues its migration to LTE (News - Alert), utility infrastructure will be an increasingly important component to the overall infrastructure mix utilized by our carrier partners. I' especially excited about advocating for expanded use of utility infrastructure for wireless collocation to support this important technology advancement," he added. UtiliSite Council was launched in 2007 from Utilities Telecom Council in response to a need for utilities to work together to help commercial wireless carriers accelerate the deployment of wireless services in communities across the country. About Global Tower Partners Global Tower Partners (www.gtpsites.com), based in Boca Raton, Florida, is one of the leading providers of outsourced antenna site facilities to the wireless communications industry in the United States and Latin America. GTP's business includes the ownership, development, leasing, management, and operation of antenna sites on towers and commercial real estate rooftops. GTP owns, manages, or master leases more than 16,000 wireless sites and over 40,000 miles of railroad rights of way. GTP's Ground Lease Buyout Program provides long-term lease buyout/prepaid lease and lease term extension opportunities for GTP landlords holding cell site leases and/or easements. The company's customers are leading wireless communications providers including AT&T, Sprint-Nextel, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA, Leap Wireless (News - Alert), Clearwire, US Cellular, Metro PCS, Claro and Telefonica. About UtiliSite Council UtiliSite Council was formed by the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) to respond to the growing need for utilities to work together to assist commercial wireless carriers to accelerate the deployment of wireless services in communities across the country. Utility infrastructure touches virtually every corner of every community served and provides ultra-reliable facilities and siting assets designed to support critical infrastructure operations from which to build a robust wireless network, from high density population centers, to rural and underserved markets. UTC is the premier trade association navigating the convergence of telecommunications, operations and information technology to identify, innovate and enable mission critical solutions for essential utility services. For more information visit: www.UtiliSite.org.
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