Global Tower Partners said it has signed a definitive agreement with Arden Realty Inc. to market and lease rooftop and in-building access to wireless telecommunications carriers at 156 properties concentrated in the Los Angeles and Chicago markets. Financial details of the agreement were not...
In an attempt to help fund its LTE network deployment plans, Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) said its Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary plans to offer $400 million in 7.75% senior notes dues in 2020 to qualified institutional buyers “subject to market and other conditions.”...
embed video code: PHOENIX – Mike Golden, CEO of Sedona, Ariz.-based research group Gigaband Networks Inc., is in a joint partnership with the Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering to make his dream service a reality – and it’s growing...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Whenever we talk about the wireline business, about a third of you respond positively, and about a...
Looking for a little brotherly love, RCR Wireless News is hitting the streets of Philadelphia the week of June 6, as part of our global tour. As with every stop on our global tour, conference series and news desk, our team will engage the...
Editor's Note: To provide readers with an insight into the world of wireless in regional locales, RCR Wireless News sends its editorial staff not only to trade shows but to metropolitan regions as well, giving insight into how mobile broadband is changing the way...
PHOENIX — Cracker Jacks. Peanuts. Hot dogs. Wi-Fi portals? The Arizona Diamondbacks are venturing where few baseball franchises have gone thus far, other than the Minnesota Twins and San Francisco Giants, which have similar connected offerings for fans.
The Phoenix-based club unveiled an interactive Web-based...
PHOENIX — A little extra change never hurts — especially during a recession — and the members of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church agree.
The aging population and the lackluster economy has affected the inner-city church in north-central Phoenix, as it has so many other nonprofits,...
BOLTON LANDING, N.Y. – It's near impossible to get any group of people for the wireless industry together not at least acknowledge the impact expected from AT&T Inc.'s (T) proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. And at this week's New York State...
BOLTON LANDING, N.Y. – Cell tower siting was a major topic during the opening day at this week’s New York State Wireless Association Trade Show & Conference, as a number of speakers talked extensively about the challenges of deploying the infrastructure needed to support...
Towerstream Corp. (TWER) said it plans to acquire fixed-wireless assets in Las Vegas and Reno, Nev., from One Velocity Inc., adding two more cities to its stable of delivering wireless Internet access to businesses. The purchase price was not disclosed. The company's stock...
RCR Wireless News will be attending this week’s New York State Wireless Association Trade Show & Conference in Bolton Landing, N.Y. The event is expected to provide a chance to get a ground-level view of issues and concerns for local issues that are often...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.You’ve heard them all on television and radio: “AT&T, the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network, is getting...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Two weeks after it first came to light that Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhones were potentially tracking users whereabouts in a hidden log file, Apple has released an iOS update aimed at addressing the problem and allying consumer and legislators' concerns.In the details that came...
Freescale Semiconductor used the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose this week to announce its Make It Challenge design contest, which asks engineers to build a robot or system design based on the firm’s latest sensor development kit. In other words, a walking robot...
Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP), which operates its wireless business under the Cricket Communications Inc. brand, posted lumpy first quarter results as the carrier continues to manage changes in its operations. The carrier said it added 331,000 customers during the first quarter of the...
Despite claims that a sale was nearly finalized, Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) has backed away from its plans to sell off spectrum assets in an attempt to raise funds for future growth. This was the statement from acting CEO John Stanton, who said during the...
Global Tower Partners said it acquired 130 towers from Cricket Communications Inc. (LEAP) in a deal that closed earlier today. As is standard between independent tower owners and wireless operators, Cricket will remain a tenant on the towers."We have had a long standing...
American Tower Corp. (ATM) CEO Jim Taiclet took the company's first-quarter conference call to comment how various 4G initiatives either under way or being pursued by wireless operators would impact the tower business. Basically, Taiclet said the underlying drivers of increased smartphone adoption and...
American Tower Corp. (AMT) stock ticked up 3.2% at press time today on first-quarter financials that included total revenues of $562.7 million, up 23.8% from the year-ago period. Net income inched down 4.6% to nearly $92 million. The company continues to expand its tower...
Wireless backhaul provider FiberTower Corp. (FTWR) said it received its second early termination notice from Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) to discontinue service effective April 30, 2011. The termination represents approximately $434,000 in monthly service revenue, though FiberTower noted that the early termination fee for the...
With more than 250,000 cell sites operating in the U.S. and over 10,000 new sites being added each year, one might assume that selecting site development vendors and structuring their contracts has become a standardized process. Unfortunately, the reality is that the wireless site...
SBA Communications Corp. (SBAC) reported revenues up 13.4% in the first quarter, totaling $167.7 million and narrowed its net loss by 2 cents per share. Site leasing revenue of $146.5 million was up 14.5% over the year earlier period. Like competitor Crown Castle...
