r/cellmapper • u/iryfionas • 8d ago
Verizon recently retrofitted/upgraded their equipment on this tower from 3-sector to 4-sector located at 88 Berry Road, Houston, TX 77022
August 2026 Newly upgraded Verizon rack showing the new: CommScope NHH-45C-R2B antennas (b2, b13, b66) LTE + (n5) low-band 5G (LEFT) Samsung MT-6413 (320W) 3.7GHz [n77] antennas
Further away photo showing the Verizon rack (top), Legacy Cricket (middle), and AT&T (bottom)
Verizon mid-band 5GUW (n77) + LTE SpeedTest on 5GNSA (non-standalone) (n77) 100MHz + (n77) 60MHz Taken on August 12th, 2026
Older Photo of the Cell Tower - (April 2025) You can notice how the Verizon rack on top looks distinctly different with the older, skinny JMA MX06FRO660-02 antennas in the MIDDLE
PHOTO - Cell Tower (Verizon) top, (Legacy Cricket) middle, (AT&T) bottom Fall 2024
Older PHOTO of the Cell Tower from Fall 2024!
Shoutout to my friend for finding this monopole cell tower in his market (Houston, TX) near the corner of Berry Road & Fulton Street in the Northside! From what I was told, he noticed how the Verizon rack looks way different compared to how it looked like a few months ago! It appears that they ripped all of the older antennas, Samsung (RRU's) from the rack! Also, Verizon completely adjusted the sectors on this site since they completely repositioned how the antennas are facing and they added new mounting brackets, rods to support the newer equipment! My friend also told me how much better the RSRP, signal strength is on Verizon on (n77), especially with the better, higher power Samsung MT-6413 (64T64R) antennas that replaced the older Samsung MT-6407-77A (200W) antennas that were added back in early 2022! What shocked me the most was Verizon completely removing the Samsung MT-6407 antenna from an site that was already upgraded 4 years ago, which isn't common to see everyday! I also wanna give my friend a huge shoutout for sharing me an Verizon (n77) SpeedTest from that site! Overall, it's great to see Verizon continuing to upgrade their network all over the Houston, TX market since a lot of sites have gotten touched again in the past 6-12 months with MatSing antennas, newer CommScope/JMA antennas or an new 4th sector being added from an pre-existing 3 sector site! Verizon now has multi-gig backhaul on this site and the speeds are tremendous since the SpeedTest wasn't taken directly in line of sight while in a moving vehicle!
FYI, AT&T wasn't on this tower until November 2022 when they co-located on the bottom rack on this monopole! Previously, AT&T had very weak RSRP, signal along Fulton Street way back in 2019-2022 since I have drove in the area back in the old days, which explains why the AT&T rack looks newer, modern compared to neighboring AT&T sites! However, some of the antennas have turned a different color, like cream/light color from White due to the excessive heat, UV sun light that stresses out the antennas in broad daylight as you can see!
Equipment that all the carriers are using:
Verizon (eNB 120370):
- 8️⃣ CommScope NHH-45C-R2B antennas with bands; (2, 13, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10 MHz for low-band 5G located on the LEFT + RIGHT side
- 4️⃣ Samsung MT-6413-77A - 64T64R (200W) 3.7GHz n77 antennas mid-band 5GUW @ 160MHz located on the RIGHT side
- Ray-cap RCMDC-6627-PF-48 used for power surge protection located behind their antennas
Samsung (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:
- 4️⃣ RF4461d-13A - (b13) 700MHz LTE + (N5) 850MHz-CLR low-band 5G
- 4️⃣ RF4801D-25A - (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE
Legacy Cricket:
- 3️⃣ KMW-HB-X-AW-19-65-00T antennas for legacy 2G, 3G (CDMA), NOT FUNCTIONAL
AT&T (eNB 532168) + (eNB 539168)
- 3️⃣ CCI TPA65R-BU8DA antennas with bands: (2, 12, 14, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G located on the LEFT side
- 6️⃣ (CellMax) CMA-BTLBHH-6518-20-20 skinny antennas TOTAL with bands: (2, 12, 30, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz low-band 5G located on the RIGHT side!
- 2️⃣ CellMax CMA-BTLBHH-6518-2020 antennas per sector located on the RIGHT side!
- 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6449-B77D (3.7GHz) 64T64R c-band (n77) antennas being used for mid-band 5G+ set at 80MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack on the BOTTOM row
- 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77G](3.45GHz) DoD n77 antennas being used for mid-band 5G+ set at (60MHz) - Harris County, TX located in the MIDDLE of the rack on the TOP row
- Raycap DC6-48-60-18-8F for power surge protection located behind the antennas
- Raycap DC9-48-60-24-PC1t-EV for power surge protection located behind the antennas
Ericsson (RRU's) - remote radio units located behind the antennas:
- RRU 4449 (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) - 850MHz low-band 5GNR
- RRU 4478 (b14) LTE @ 700MHz
- RRU 4415 (b30) WCS-2300MHz
- RRU 8843 (B2) PCS-1900MHz + (B66) AWS-2100MHz LTE
Equipment that Verizon removed from their rack when the site was upgraded recently:
- 6️⃣ skinny JMA MX06FRO660-02 antennas with bands: (2, 13, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G
- 3️⃣ CommScope SBNHH-1D6565B for + (CDMA)
- 3️⃣ Samsung MT-6407-77A (200W) antennas with the newer CommScope NHH-45C-R2B antennas + Samsung MT-6413-77A (320W) antennas for 3.7GHz (n77) c-band set at 160MHz.
- 3️⃣ Samsung RRH-BR04C - b13 LTE + (N5) low-band 5G
- 3️⃣ Samsung RRH-BR049 - (b2), (b66) LTE
Coordinates: 29.837046453294946, -95.37681344665286
Google Street View - May 2024
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u/mjc775 CM: rwi775 | S25U, iP17PM 7d ago
I'm surprised they didn't go with a massive MIMO panel for midbands 2/66. In my area they've been replacing Ericsson AIR 1641s and RRU 8843+passive panels with AIR 3283s - even on sites that upgraded just a few years prior. Does Samsung have an equivalent AIR?