⚡ Power Continuity Under Extreme Conditions: Remote Generator Control at Scale
When grid power fails, backup generators become the last line of defense for critical utility and telecom sites. Extreme weather, heat waves, and regional outages can impact entire service areas at once. In these scenarios, power continuity depends on more than visibility. It requires local control that can act immediately, even when network connectivity is […]
🔍 Navigating the Future of Utility Networks: Smarter Operations with Edge Data and Site Automation
By John Neely, Director of Business Development – Americas, Asentria LLC. Utility networks are becoming more complex as electrification accelerates worldwide. Smart grids, electric transportation, distributed energy, and large sensor deployments now push infrastructure to operate under higher load and stricter reliability expectations. At the same time, climate-driven events are increasing the frequency and severity […]
From Monitoring to Autonomy: Unlocking Real Network Control with Edge Data
Today’s telecom networks are more distributed, complex, and mission-critical than ever. From rural fiber huts to mountaintop shelters, operators face increasing pressure to do more with less. At the same time, they must ensure uptime, energy efficiency, and SLA compliance. Many operators still only depend on older visibility tools such as SNMP traps, dry contacts, […]
Why Open RAN Needs a Smarter Site Controller
Enabling vendor-neutral integration and edge control with the SiteBoss® Site Controller As Open RAN architectures gain momentum, telecom operators are redesigning their networks to be more modular, interoperable, and vendor-flexible. But behind the excitement of decoupling software from hardware lies a fundamental question: Who – or what – controls the rest of the site? Power systems, […]
Optimizing Telecom Tower Monitoring for Maximum Reliability
Telecom towers form the backbone of modern communication networks, enabling mobile connectivity, emergency services, and broadband expansion. However, managing remote tower sites is becoming increasingly complex due to rising infrastructure demands, environmental challenges, and evolving security threats. Operators must ensure uninterrupted power, site security, and environmental stability while keeping maintenance costs in check. Many traditional […]
Assessing Telecom Site Automation with Asentria
Mobile network operators are currently expanding and upgrading their networks to 5G technology to provide widespread coverage, especially in densely populated cities. The demand for mobile data is rising, making network reliability and resilience of these networks key priorities. Recent pandemic and natural disasters have highlighted the importance of keeping cell sites operational, as emergency […]
How We View the Future of Telecom Site Automation (IOT, Automation, Big Data)
In today’s post, I’m going to talk about how we view the future usage of data generated by a modern telecom site automation solution in a modern telecom network. By future, I mean possible now, but only currently being done by a smaller set of future looking telecom operators. Before I can talk about future […]
Asentria Releases Two New Hardware Platforms Specifically Designed to Meet Tower Companies Needs
Seattle, WA March 24th, 2022 — Tower companies are taking a larger role in the management of wireless networks worldwide, assuming many operational tasks formerly handled by the world’s mobile network operators. Asentria is excited to release two new tower site hardware devices, the SiteBoss S370 and S240, designed specifically for the global tower market. […]
Solve Telecom Monitoring Challenges with a Dedicated Team
In my last several posts, I discussed how the SiteBoss units we’ve designed and manufactured at Asentria for years are more of a toolset than an out-of-the-box solution. Comparing telecom site automation to what people think of more generically as an IoT solution reveals some other differences. From experience rolling out across many remote telecom sites in […]
The Telecom Site Automation Toolset
In my last blog post, (My Boss Told Me to Go Find an IoT Solution Management for Cell Tower Sites), I talked about one recurring theme related to telecom site automation. There are vast differences between different telecom networks and even within a single telecom network. Suppose we were to use power as an example. […]