MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Alvarion Ltd. announced that its BreezeACCESS VL is the wireless broadband base station muscle behind Rioplex Wireless' 5,000-square-mile deployment in Texas targeting high-capacity consumers and businesses using unlicensed spectrum. Rioplex is an end-to-end wireless operator that owns its backbone and last-mile networks...
Global Signal Inc. announced that David Grain is stepping down from his position as president of the nation's third-largest tower company. The company said its chairman and chief executive, Wesley Edens, will take on the president's title also. "We appreciate David's efforts on behalf...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. continued its move to m-commerce and traditional media with a $185 million investment in Fuji Television Network Inc. The operator announced an agreement to buy 2.6 percent of Fuji TV, a 46-year-old, publicly held broadcaster that is not affiliated with Fuji...
BOSTON-Metro Wi-Fi location systems provider Skyhook Wireless said it raised $6.5 million in its first round of Series B financing. The company stated that Bain Capital Ventures led the round, along with Intel Capital. Existing investors Innovent, an entrepreneurial division of Nokia Corp., and...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration asked Japan to promote competitive wireless policies and to improve spectrum management, but some reforms pushed by trade officials here are not necessarily legally embraced in the United States. The office of U.S. trade representative weighed in on wireless issues in...
SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc., the nation's third-largest tower company, declared a fourth-quarter dividend of 50 cents per share on its common stock.The dividend payment underscores a significant financial improvement compared with the third-quarter when the company reported a net loss of $15.4 million, or...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it plans to shut down two former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. location-based services in 2006 as it continues to integrate AWS' network. The carrier said it will kill the mMode LBS offering "Find Friends" and "Find Things Nearby" effective Jan....
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry could get an answer from an appeals court on whether the Federal Communications Commission can regulate tower sitings with an eye toward historic preservation and environmental protection, but the answer could slow down an already turtle's-pace process. Comments from the bench...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersRBC Capital Markets tweaked its 2006 forecasts for Sprint Nextel to account for its planned acquisition of Alamosa Holdings. The firm now estimates revenues of...
YONKERS, N.Y.-Wireless carriers struck out for a fourth straight year in the annual survey of cellular service and phones conducted by independent evaluator Consumer Reports. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. came under particularly harsh criticism because of problems reported by...
Qualcomm Inc. snared its first customer for MediaFLO last week, as Verizon Wireless said it will use the chipmaker's new network to broadcast live TV to subscribers. The nation's second-largest carrier announced plans to use the $800 million network to offer live mobile video...
Free, municipally run Wi-Fi Internet access will become a permanent fixture in New Orleans, according to Mayor Ray Nagin, who announced plans to cover the entire city with a Wi-Fi mesh network within a year. "We are among the first cities to feature a...
DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. signed a subcontract with M/A-COM Inc. to equip the state of New York with a wireless public safety communications network that Alcatel said will enhance interoperability among first responders. M/A-Com, a division of Tyco International Ltd., said in late September that its...
NEW ORLEANS-Free, municipally run Wi-Fi Internet access will become a permanent fixture in New Orleans, according to Mayor Ray Nagin, who announced plans to cover the entire city with a Wi-Fi mesh network within a year."We are among the first cities to feature a...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has identified more than 12,000 GSM sites that it plans to decommission as it integrates 30 of 63 GSM markets by the end of the year, according to Securities & Exchange Commission filings. In addition, the company said it had completed...
Global Signal Inc., the nation's third-largest tower company with around 11,000 towers, reported a third-quarter net loss of $15.4 million, or 23 cents per share. The numbers are a steep decline from the company's year-ago net income of $5.3 million, or 10 cents per...
To the Editor: The Oct. 24 RCR Wireless News story regarding the North Carolina Communication Tower Standards erroneously reported that the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) opposed the 100-percent fall protection provisions of that document. I appreciate this opportunity to clarify this issue."100-percent...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersFitch Ratings placed Telephone and Data Systems Inc. and United States Cellular on Ratings Watch Negative following the announcement that TDS intends to restate its...
SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc., the nation's third largest tower company with around 11,000 towers, reported a third-quarter net loss of $15.4 million, or 23 cents per share. The numbers are a steep decline from the company's year-ago net income of $5.3 million, or 10...
Global Tower Partners said it is bought Mesa Communications Group, a tower company that had about 250 towers in the Northeast, New England and Mid-Atlantic states. GTP now owns, manages and master leases some 7,200 sites, including 1,800 owned towers."The Mesa acquisition solidifies our...
As the 2005 hurricane season draws to a close, it leaves behind a Gulf Coast region with a changed state of communications. First and foremost, gone are the days of landline dominance. Networks are not being re-built as they were, but as needs demand,...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-XG Technology said it successfully demonstrated its radio-frequency modulation and encoding platform, xMAX, by broadcasting a data stream equal to full-motion MPEG-2 video with stereo sound at a distance of 18 miles using only 50 milliwatts of power. "Similar systems require as...
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-xG Technology announced the successful demonstration of its radio-frequency modulation and encoding platform, xMAX, by broadcasting a data stream equal to full-motion MPEG-2 video with stereo sound at a distance of 18 miles using only 50 milliwatts of power."Similar systems require as...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp., the nation's largest tower company, posted an operating profit of $176.7 million in its rental and management segment, up 49 percent from a year ago. The company reported revenues of $264.7 million for the third quarter, up 46 percent from the...
