Editor’s Note: The companies listed below are the current holders of A-, B- and C-block licenses for broadband personal communications services in the United States. Some of the companies have not yet received their licenses from the Federal Communications Commission because of challenges.
Companies are ranked by total population base.
SBC Communications Inc. is in the process of selling its Little Rock, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn., markets to AT&T Wireless Services Inc.
Sprint Telecommunications Venture is now Sprint Spectrum L.P. Sprint and PhillieCo L.P. have the same overall management but slightly different ownership structures and are listed separately. The Sprint Spectrum venture in Washington, D.C./Baltimore has a different ownership structure and management than the larger company. It is listed separately under the name of its largest owner, American Personal Communications L.P.
American Portable Telecommunications Inc. is changing its name to Aerial Communications Inc. Other companies on this list have had minor name changes.
The RCR Top 20 PCS Operators feature is the property of RCR Publications Inc. and should not be construed as an endorsement for the companies listed. Information concerning carrier ranking cannot be reprinted without written permission from RCR.-1996. RCR Publications Inc. Chief PCS Executive Major and Basic Chief PCS Marketer Trading Technology
Company Chief PCS Engineer Total Pops Areas Choice Ownership
Sprint Spectrum L.P. Andrew Sukawaty 190 million Nationwide CDMA Sprint Corp.,
4717 Grand Ave., Ste. 500 Bernie Bianchino Tele-Communications Inc.,
Kansas City, Mo. 64112 Al Kurtze Comcast Corp.,
(816) 559-1000 Cox Communications
Nextwave Telecom Inc. 110 million Nationwide CDMA Nationwide N/A
9455 Towne Centre Drive
San Diego, Calif. 92121
(619) 597-4040
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Steven Hooper 107 million Nationwide TDMA AT&T Corp.
5000 Carillon Pt. Richard Bryan
Kirkland, Wa. 98033 Nick Kauser
(206) 827-4500
PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. Ben Scott 57 million San Antonio, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, CDMA Nynex Corp.,
6 Campus Circle Karen Little Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami, Fla., AirTouch Communications Inc.,
Westlake, Texas 76262 Keith Kaczmarek New Orleans, Milwaukee, Richmond, Va., Bell Atlantic Corp.,
(817) 258-1000 Chicago, Honolulu U S West Media Group
Omnipoint Communications Inc. George Schmitt 40 million New York and BTA markets in New Jersey, GSM/IS-661 Omnipoint Corp.
49 Bloomfield Ave. Mark Caron Delaware, Pennsylvania,
Mountain Lakes, N.J. 07046 N/A Arizona, Massachussets, (201) 257-2400 Kansas
Pocket Communications Inc. Daniel Riker 35.5 million Nationwide GSM N/A
2550 M Street, NW Ste. 200 Barry Winkle
Washington, D.C. 20037 Randy Anderson
(202) 496-4300
Pacific Bell Mobile Services Lyn Daniels 31 million Los Angeles/San Diego, GSM Pacific Telesis Group
4420 Rosewood Dr., Bldg. 4, 4th floor Terry Valeski San Francisco
Pleasanton, Calif. 94588 John Baker
(510) 227-3000
Aerial Communications Inc. Don Warkentin 25 million Minneapolis, Tampa, Houston, GSM Telephone & Data Systems Inc.
8410 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Ste. 1100 Jerry Rhodes Pittsburgh, Kansas City,
Chicago, Ill. 60631 David Lowry Columbus, Ohio
((773) 399-4200
Cox Communications Inc. Bruce Crair 20 million Los Angeles/San Diego, CDMA Cox Enterprises Inc.
18200 Van Karmen, Ste. 100 Rod Egdorf Omaha, Neb.
Irvine, Calif. 92612 Debbie Horning
(714) 623-5000
Western Wireless Corp. John Stanton 19.5 million Denver, Portland, Ore., GSM N/A
2001 NW Sammamish Rd. #100 Robert Dotson Des Moines, Iowa, Salt Lake City,
Issaquah, Wa. 98027 Tim Wong El Paso, Texas/Albuquerque, N.M., (206) 313-5200 Oklahoma City, Honolulu InterCel Inc. Allen E. Smith 16 million Atlanta, Memphis, Tenn., GSM
1233 O.G. Skinner Drive Jim Murrell Birmingham, Ala.,
West Point, Ga. 31833 Gowton Achaibar Jacksonville, Fla.,
(706) 645-2000 Atlanta
BellSouth Mobility DCS Eric Ensor 12 million Charlotte, N.C., GSM BellSouth Corp., DukeNet Communications Inc.,
3353 Peachtree Rd., NE Ron Belin Knoxville, Tenn. CaroNet, 30 independent telcos
Atlanta, Ga. 30326
(404) 841-2000
GTE Mobilnet Inc. Paul Pallone 9.6 million Cincinnati, Seattle, CDMA GTE Corp.
600 Embassy Row, Ste. 500 Gary Ream Spokane, Wa./Billings, Mont.
Atlanta, Ga. 30328 Don Fye
(770-379-2800
PhillieCo L.P. N/A 8.9 million Philadelphia CDMA Sprint Spectrum L.P.,
4717 Grand Ave., Ste. 500 N/A Tele-Communications Inc.,
Kansas City, Mo. 64112 N/A Cox Communications Inc.X
(816) 559-1000 Ameritech Cellular Services John Rooney 8 million Cleveland, N/A Ameritech Corp.
2000 W. Ameritech Center Drive Barbara Goworowski Indianapolis
Hoffman Estates, Ill. 60195
(847) 706-7600
American Personal Communications L.P. Wayne Schelle 7.8 million Washington, D.C./Baltimore GSM APC, Sprint Spectrum L.P.,
6901 Rockledge Dr., Ste. 600 Paul Argay Washington Post Co.
Bethesda, M.D. 20817 Barclay Jones
(301) 214-9200
Chase Telecommunications Inc. Anthony Chase 6.3 million BTAs in Alabama, CDMA N/A
222 2nd Ave. N., Ste. 327 Tom Dougherty Tennessee, Kentucky
Nashville, Tenn. 37201 John Samarron
(615) 251-4800
21st Century Telesis Inc. Robert Hart 4.2 million BTAs in New York, Illinois, PACS N/A
4665 MacArthur Court, Ste. 1000 N/A Nebraska, Indiana
Newport Beach, Calif. 92660 Derrel Duplechin Jr.
(714) 752-2178
Centennial Communications Corp. Rudy Graf 3.7 million Puerto Rico CDMA N/A
1305 Campus Pkwy. Phil Mayberry
Neptune, N.J. 07753 Bob Braden
(908) 919-1000
