Nokia and SAC Wireless answer call for trained 5G cell tower crews with military veterans program as 5G deployment ramps up i...
July 01 2019 - 8:00AM
Press Release
- Nokia subsidiary, SAC Wireless LLC, offers world-class training
centers around the country through its Warriors 4 Wireless
recruitment and training program, offering men and women veterans
extensive, safety-focused training
July 1, 2019
Chicago - As mobile operators in the U.S. begin to deploy 5G
technology, there is a rapidly growing need for skilled, fully
trained cell tower crews. While Nokia is working with operators to
put the network infrastructure in place, its subsidiary, SAC
Wireless, is laying the groundwork by recruiting and training
military veterans for tower climber jobs.
With world-class training centers around the country, SAC
Wireless offers veterans extensive, safety-focused training. SAC
Wireless also outfits its 5G tower crews with the newest,
state-of-the-art equipment available. Once their training is
complete, military veterans re-enter the workforce with a
cutting-edge skillset which will be used to deploy 5G, the next
generation wireless technology that will transform not only how we
communicate but how we live, work and play.
While job growth and opportunity in 5G is exploding, military
veterans proportionally remain the highest unemployed segment of
population in the U.S.
Cari Shyiak, CEO, SAC Wireless, said: "Service men and
women are eager to use the skills they learned in the military, and
the rollout of 5G is an ideal opportunity to bring them into the
telecom workforce. SAC is working hard to bridge the gap between
the demand for qualified, trained technicians and the expected
upsurge in demand as 5G networks are being deployed in the U.S. Our
training centers offer specific tower climbing experience that
supplements their experience, providing veterans a refreshed and
productive career opportunity after their military service
ends."
Ricky Corker, President of Customer Operations for the
Americas, Nokia, said: "5G is an agent of change and
growth for many industries and people. Mobile operators need
skilled, job-ready workers to climb cell towers and assemble and
construct the equipment on top of these towers. These workers are
key to the industry and once trained through SAC Wireless, they are
immediately deployable for the 5G tower construction industry."
About SAC WirelessSAC Wireless, a Nokia company, helps
customers keep the world connected with our ideas, innovations and
solutions. SAC offers a complete portfolio of self-performing
services to support major network builds, 5G LTE upgrades and
indoor/outdoor small cell and distributed antenna systems (DAS)
deployments. The company's core business consists of fully
integrated network solutions, specializing in site development,
architectural and engineering design management, construction
services and management, equipment installation, commissioning and
integration, operations and maintenance.
SAC works with telecom carriers, major tower owners, and
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across the United States.
We bring more than two decades of experience to help our customers
design, build and upgrade cellular networks. By choosing us to
build their networks, customers have made SAC the #1 turnkey
network construction company in the United States. www.sacw.com
About NokiaWe create the technology to connect the world.
We develop and deliver the industry's only end-to-end portfolio of
network equipment, software, services and licensing that is
available globally. Our customers include communications service
providers whose combined networks support 6.1 billion
subscriptions, as well as enterprises in the private and public
sector that use our network portfolio to increase productivity and
enrich lives.
Through our research teams, including the world-renowned Nokia
Bell Labs, we are leading the world to adopt end-to-end 5G networks
that are faster, more secure and capable of revolutionizing lives,
economies and societies. Nokia adheres to the highest ethical
business standards as we create technology with social purpose,
quality and integrity. www.nokia.com.
Media Enquiries:Carol DeMatteoExternal Communications,
North AmericaNokiaPhone: 214 728 6197Email:
carol.dematteo@nokia.com
Nokia Communications Phone: +358 10 448 4900
Email: press.services@nokia.com
Richard RaySAC Wireless Phone: 312 720 7194Email:
richard.ray@sacw.com
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