Towers

Executives at Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) were never eager to offer up subscriber count numbers for FLO TV. Until now, sort of.At an event in Silicon Valley earlier this week, CEO …

American Tower Corp. (AMT) reported net income of $258.2 million on $499.8 million in revenue during its quarter ending Sept. 30. Income was up 19.2% and revenue jumped 16.1% from …

ZTE Corp. has deployed eight base stations at Mt. Everest National Park to provide 3G coverage for voice and broadband services at the base camp, which sits 16,994 feet above …

Editor’s Note: Following is the listing of the top 10 tower companies in the United States, along with a list of “honorable mentions” of companies that more than likely fall …

St. Louis-based St. Charles Tower is a small tower company that got a big win from LightSquared, as the operator inked its first leasing deal, for six of St. Charles’ …

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The United States will need another 275 megahertz of spectrum by 2014 to keep up with mobile broadband demand, according to a white paper the Federal Communications Commission just released. …

RCR Wireless News, the leading online resource for all things wireless, has announced the winners of the 2010 RCR Ecosystem Awards, which recognizes leading organizations that have demonstrated success, innovation …

Clearwire Corp.’s (CLWR) need for funding to support expansion of its network coverage could be getting a boost from a reported ongoing auction of some if its spectrum assets, according …

While the U.S. market remains the tower industry’s bread and butter, a number of the top tower infrastructure providers are expanding overseas as growth opportunities present themselves in less-developed markets.SBA …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—KGI Wireless added 11,500 McDonald’s Corp. rooftop sites to its managed tower portfolio, according to founder and principal Michael Kampen, who talked to RCR Wireless News at PCIA’s Wireless …

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in PCIA’s Wireless Infrastructure 2010 show guide. As wireless networks continue to need capacity to handle the explosion of data applications, Distributed Antenna Systems …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—Distributed antenna systems, rooftop antennas and macrocellular towers will be key building blocks when deploying next-generation wireless networks. As such, today’s infrastructure providers are offering a wider array of …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—The nation’s top tower companies proved they could access the capital markets in a number of ways last year, after facing tight cap markets at the end of 2008. …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—LightSquared Chief Network Officer Drew Caplan shared the wholesale operator’s philosophy on its planned role in the wireless space, telling PCIA’s Wireless Infrastructure 2010 audience that while operators are …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.–Dr. John Saw, CTO and senior VP of Clearwire Corp., kicked off PCIA’s annual Wireless Infrastructure Show in 2010 talking about the trends driving today’s wireless data explosion. “If …

Global Tower Partners picked up 32 towers from Pine Belt Cellular Inc., a telecommunications provider offering service in west central Alabama. The companies did not disclose the purchase price. Pine …

Looking to continue its LTE momentum, MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) plans to have the service available in all of its native markets by early next year, with all of its …

The cumbaya relationship between Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) may be only skin deep as the two operators seem to have different views on how much emphasis …

Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) closed on its previously announced acquisition of NewPath Networks Inc. Crown paid $115 million for the Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) networks provider, adding 35 DAS …

Fresh off an announced acquisition of 450 tower assets yesterday, Global Tower Partners today said it closed on the purchase of Highpointe Group, a rooftop management and consulting business that …

Global Tower Partners acquired the wireless assets, income and attachments built on Norfolk Southern railroad property from CitySwitch L.L.C. for an undisclosed sum. The assets include CitySwitch’s tower development and …

Carriers, tower companies, infrastructure vendors and the organizations that represent and lobby for them in Washington, D.C., would like to have more muscle when it comes to tower-siting issues. While …

Fresh off its agreement to buy Motorola Inc.’s networks business, Nokia Siemens Networks said it will build Harbinger Capital Partners’ LTE network in an eight-year deal valued at $7 billion, …