HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. recently filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the initial public offering of $300 million of its common stock, par value 1 …
Applied Cellular Technology Inc. received a letter of commitment for a $15 million unsecured line of credit from Boston’s State Street Bank and Trust Co.’s High Technology Lending Group. Proceeds …
WASHINGTON-Federal E911 legislation has yet to be introduced in the Senate and is on hold in the House. A bill introduced by Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), chairman of the House …
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. announced it plans to acquire all of the membership interest in Koll Telecommunication Services L.L.C. Published industry reports state that LCC’s tower-ownership subsidiary, Microcell Management Inc., …
They say a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, a lesson paging carriers learned in a painful way last Tuesday evening when an estimated 90 percent of …
American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it has signed a three-year contract extension with IBM Corp. to provide the computer company with wireless data network services over its Ardis network through …
Metawave Metawave Communications Corp. appointed Scot B. Jarvis to its board of directors. Jarvis helped build McCaw Cellular Communications cellular business through aggressive acquisitions of cellular licenses. During his nine …
WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), straddled by cellular industry representatives and health-care activists, last week introduced E911-federal land antenna-siting legislation and signaled he would negotiate with Rep. Edward …
Rogers Rogers Corp. introduced thin versions of its Poron urethane foam designed for making thin gaskets and pads used in pagers, personal organizers, cellular phones and global positioning systems. The …
WASHINGTON-For the second time in as many weeks, the National Park Service has returned an antenna-siting application to a wireless carrier as incomplete and in doing so may have unwittingly …
WASHINGTON-Despite all the hoopla surrounding antenna siting legislation, wireless anti-fraud, privacy and tax-repeal bills stand a far better chance of being passed by Congress and enacted into law this year. …
To the Editor: I am a cellular phone user and I am also an average consumer of cellular accessories. My main concern is the way the retail side of the …
Conxus Communications Inc. announced it will extend its Pocketalk voice paging service rollout to Los Angeles and Chicago. Conxus first launched the service in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, …
Latest statistics put the national capital area as the second worst gridlocked place in the country, second presumably to Los Angeles. As a native Washingtonian, I’ve sensed for some years …
DUBLIN, Ireland-The challenges faced by radio-access network providers have been underlined by the experiences of Ionica, a company established in June 1996 to provide a new wireless telephone service to …
Last June, RCR asked me what I thought would be the biggest problem facing the wireless industry in 1998. My answer comprised one word: Education. What I was referring to …
To the editor: Instead of digging in their heals, it’s time the carriers got with it. “It” being concealment or camouflage of antennas. Most local zoning authorities, like the one …
Moffet, Larson & Johnson Moffet, Larson & Johnson Inc. announced the integration of Comarco Wireless Technologies’ Network Evaluation System tool NES-250 with the PathPro drive-test post-processing module, PathView. The integration …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. earlier this month announced the termination of its previously disclosed definitive agreement to sell its site-management business to Telecom Towers L.L.C. of Arlington, Va. Arch …
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Signal One Corp. recently started building nine new towers at major interstate locations in Tennessee. Eight locations will have 330-foot towers and the Monteagle location will have a 350-foot …
Pinnacle Towers Inc. has gained access to cellular, paging and personal communications services markets in Baltimore and the eastern coast of Maryland following its acquisition of 12 towers from Shore …
While the personal communications services industry is characterized as up and running, a host of PCS carriers have yet to launch service, raising questions about whether they will survive in …
DE PERE, Wis.-Cellcom announced it has activated two new towers in the Green Bay, Wis., area. One is located on the west side near Austin Straubel Airport, and the other …
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Cellular 2000/Rural Cellular Corp. added six cellular sites to its Minnesota operational service area. The Menahga, Red Lake Falls, Perham, Deer River, South Bemidji and Brandon cellular towers will …
A Denver-based company has caught the attention of price-sensitive mobile phone carriers as well as some big manufacturers. Cactus Integration Group, incorporated Aug. 1, provides integrated, turnkey site development solutions …
