NATE Commemoration Declaring May 7, 2025, as Tower Technician Appreciation Day
For Immediate Release:
May 6, 2025
Association Encourages Member Companies and Industry Stakeholders to Host Recognition Events to Honor the Vital Contributions of the Tower Tech Workforce
(Washington, D.C.) – NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association unveiled a commemoration declaring tomorrow (Wednesday, May 7, 2025) as Tower Technician Appreciation Day. For the 8th consecutive year, a day has been set aside by NATE and the industry to pay tribute to the important work that communications infrastructure technicians conduct daily to enable a connected world.
Tower Technician Appreciation Day coincides with the 2025 NATE Member Congressional Fly-In Event taking place the same day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Association encourages member companies and industry stakeholders to use Wednesday, May 7 as a day of commemoration to host recognition events within their respective organizations to pay tribute to the technicians they employ. The Association also encourages companies to incorporate #TowerTechAppreciationDay into social media posts throughout the day.
“I would like to personally extend my gratitude to the men and women working on the front lines of deployment in Nebraska and around the country in advance of the 2025 Tower Technician Appreciation Day,” said U.S. Senator Deb Fischer. “As a member of the U.S. Senate’s Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee, we frequently work on policies related to commercial spectrum access, rural broadband deployment, streamlining permitting, etc. It is the technician workforce, however, that conducts the tough, gritty work and transform those policies into connectivity,” added Fischer, who was recently honored with the 2025 NATE Legislative Champion of the Year award.
“Now, more than ever, America’s skilled and safe tower technicians are called upon to provide next generation connectivity to keep the nation’s wireless, broadband, and broadcast networks and related infrastructure secure and operating around the clock,” said NATE Chairman Victor Drouin, President and Co-Founder of Green Mountain Communications in Pembroke, New Hampshire. “NATE is honored to proclaim Wednesday, May 7, 2025, as Tower Technician Appreciation Day. I encourage all companies in the industry to set aside time this day, as a platform to recognize our industry’s most precious resource, our technicians,” added Drouin.
To download and print the official 2025 Tower Technician Appreciation Day Proclamation, visit HERE:
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2025 NATE Tower Technician Appreciation Day Commemoration
Whereas communications tower technicians are the backbone of the wireless, broadband, and broadcast ecosystem and the work performed by tower technicians is of critical importance to homeland security, public safety, the nation’s economy and competitiveness, expansion of broadband and our nation’s vital communications capabilities; and
Whereas communications tower technicians have enormous responsibility in servicing or maintaining as well as inspecting hundreds of thousands of communications towers and next generation wireless and broadband networks throughout the United States and around the globe; and
Whereas tower technicians have been uniquely responsible for developing and maintaining every generation of wireless networks, often in challenging environments and conditions, and their skills and productivity are essential to ensure the ongoing 5G deployment cycle is a success; and
Whereas the tower technician workforce transforms valuable spectrum airwaves into action to enable connectivity, unleashing the potential of 5G wireless networks to the American economy; and
Whereas tower technicians will play a vital role on the frontlines conducting the “rip and replace” deployment work removing Chinese equipment and components from our nation’s wireless communications systems, ensuring the security of our broadband infrastructure; and
Whereas tower technicians are currently working with wireless internet service providers and contractor firms to deliver fixed wireless deployment solutions to enable connectivity in challenging, hard to reach locations; and
Whereas tower technicians possess diverse skill sets that enable them to conduct small cell installations on utility poles, streetlights, street furniture and small structures located in both urban areas and in highway rights-of-way; and
Whereas the efforts, expertise and diligence of tower technicians will be essential to deliver next generation networks and technologies vital for the continued growth of Smart Cities, the Internet of Things, Telehealth Applications and Automated Vehicles; and
Whereas tower technicians also are helping to advance the deployment of Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and in-building wireless technologies, which are critical in densifying network coverage and enhancing in-building public safety to accommodate large volumes of data traffic in urban environments, stadiums, airports, shopping malls, residential buildings, and in other populated areas; and
Whereas tower technicians play an instrumental role in maintaining or, when necessary, restoring networks and related communications infrastructure in the aftermath of natural disasters and weather catastrophes; and
Whereas tower technicians are the “zero responders” whom are called upon by 911 and public safety entities when emergency communication networks need to be restored, and continue to support the performance of FirstNet, the country’s first nationwide, interoperable broadband network devoted exclusively to public safety that is helping save lives and providing law enforcement officials, fire fighters and EMS personnel with the critical communications capabilities and resources they need to respond to emergency situations; and
Whereas tower technicians must study and learn, then master, innovations in safety and deployment techniques to promote the welfare of the industry’s workers and infrastructure while advancing the quality and efficiency of the services they are striving to provide; and
Whereas NATE – The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association is the organization that is committed to facilitating training and providing the safety resources, standards, and best practices to ensure tower technicians perform work safely and in a quality manner, while collaborating with key federal and state agencies and Members of Congress in furtherance of these goals; and
Whereas tower technicians and their employers are committed to promoting and enhancing workforce safety, education, training, and competency-based apprenticeships through the Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program (TIRAP), as well as maintaining a safe work environment by following codes, standards, and legal regulations; and
Whereas tower technicians are demonstrating their talents and skill sets by obtaining national, professional, and portable American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited worker certification through the National Wireless Safety Alliance (NWSA) assessment and credentialing organization; and
Whereas the feature length documentary movie, Vertical Freedom, highlights the prominent role of six diverse tower technicians who experience personal triumphs and challenges to perform extraordinary work at extremely elevated levels to connect us all; and
Now, therefore, be it resolved that NATE – The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association hereby declares Wednesday, May 7, 2025, as Tower Technician Appreciation Day to honor the men and women who deploy and maintain America’s communications infrastructure.
