With over one million square feet and 25 companies employing 3,500 personnel, Heritage Plaza is the 6th largest skyscraper in Houston, Texas. With such a vast array of tenants requiring immediate access to wireless coverage to conduct day-to-day business, Goddard Investment knew that uninterrupted cell coverage was critical.

Further solidifying its position as the recognized leader in the design and implementation of in-building wireless solutions, Cellular Specialties, Inc. (CSI) today announced that Texas-based Heritage Plaza and its owner -- Goddard Investment Group -- chose CSI solutions to enhance wireless signal strength and call quality throughout the 762-foot commercial plaza.


With over one million square feet and 25 companies employing 3,500 personnel, Heritage Plaza is the 6^th largest skyscraper in Houston, Texas. With such a vast array of tenants requiring immediate access to wireless coverage to conduct day-to-day business, Goddard Investment knew that uninterrupted cell coverage was critical. Additionally, the availability of reliable wireless coverage throughout what are typically low coverage areas (inside and around congested buildings), was quickly becoming a key component to attracting and retaining new tenants in this sagging commercial real estate market.


"In a building the size of Heritage Plaza -- which is 53 stories tall and contains over one million square feet -- you're bound to have trouble areas that do not have optimal cell signals. This is particularly true if a company uses multiple carriers, as one carrier may have powerful signal strength on one floor, while another lags behind," said Jason Williams, Senior Project Coordinator for Goddard Investment Group, an affiliate which owns the Heritage Plaza building.


Williams continued, "As more and more tenants came into Heritage, we noticed there were areas of poor reception that needed to be addressed. We house some of the world's premier corporations and the ability to walk from one end of the building to the other without dropping cell signals is critical. This is especially true on the upper floors where traditional carrier antenna arrays do not provide a strong signal."


CSI implemented a facility-wide voice and data system providing tenants and visitors in Heritage Plaza with uninterrupted service. CSI's system provided the tenants with Wi-Fi connectivity with wireless carriers including AT&T, Sprint Nextel, Verizon and T-Mobile supplementing and expanding the scope of wireless signals in low coverage areas.