Technology is quite literally destroying nature, with a new report further confirming that electromagnetic radiation from power lines and cell towers can disorientate birds and insects and destroy plant health. The paper warns that as nations switch to 5G this threat could increase.

At the end of 2017, the wireless industry came up with the first official 5G standard. AT&T plans to launch mobile 5G in the US this year, Verizon says it will launch 5G for homes, and both T-Mobile and Sprint say that they're launching 5G phones early next year.

To hear a wireless trade group tell it, deploying small cell antenna technology will enhance a city's ability to compete in the next 5G technology race that pits the United States against the likes of China, the European Union, Japan and South Korea.

New cell phone towers proposed in the Chattanooga region include: * A 150-foot-tall tower on Finley Stadium land near Main Street * A 120-foot-tall tower on town-owned land in Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

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NEW YORK--()--Tillman Infrastructure announced today that William (Bill) Hague, former AT&T Executive Vice President, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective March 7, 2018. Sanjiv Ahuja, Founder and Chairman of Tillman Global Holdings and the Executive Chairman of Tillman Infrastructure, said, "Bill is an ideal leader to develop Tillman Infrastructure into the leading telecommunications infrastructure provider in the U.S.

Connecticut residents are objecting to construction of new cellular phone towers in residential areas; there are already at least 500 radio and telecommunications towers in state, most in commercial areas, but federal law does not prohibit them in residential neighborhoods; photos (M)