Towers

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR—Wireless carrier Digicel signed an agreement with Velocitel to develop its GSM network in El Salvador. The “build-to-suit” lease arrangement will allow Velocitel to invest in transmission …

LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK, which purchased a license to offer third-generation (3G) services in the United Kingdom last year, signed an agreement with U.K.-based electric and telecom company National Grid to …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. said it increased its portfolio by 210 towers in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, bringing the company’s total tower count to 3,464. Of the …

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—The 2001 Tower Summit and Tradeshow in Las Vegas on Oct. 28-30, will hold specific panels and sessions to aid small to mid-size independent tower owners and …

MANSFIELD, Vt.—The EMR Network asked the Federal Communications Commission to launch a rulemaking to re-examine radiation safety guidelines for mobile phones and base stations. “The pertinent regulations were revised in …

WCities Location-based information service provider WCities launched a geo-coded wireless service that provides location-specific information to individual users’ cell phones. According to Tan Rasab, the company’s chief executive officer, with …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. named James Taiclet president and chief operating officer. Taiclet previously worked for Honeywell International where he was president of Honeywell Aerospace Services. He replaces Doug Wiest, who …

RED LODGE, Mont.—The ribbon is expected to be cut on Sept. 5 on a new wireless communications tower and building known as the Palisades Project.The project consolidates wireless radio communications …

PHOENIX—Under a strategic partnership, Yaahteh Communications L.L.C., a majority Navajo-owned company, and North/South Communications Corp. will work to provide a telecommunications network to the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, New …

The NextWave Telecom Inc. saga continued last week as the hopeful wireless wholesaler unveiled funding plans to roll out its network, while its potential wireless competitors/customers continued to look for …

Crown Castle International Corp., SpectraSite Holdings Inc. and SBA Communications Corp. reported positive revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, but they did not escape the current telecom shakedown …

Sprint Corp. announced the pricing structure of its planned $2 billion secondary offering of Sprint PCS shares and equity units, placing 70 million shares of PCS common stock at a …

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.-Several panelists and moderators speaking at the upcoming Tower Summit and Trade Show, presented by Shorecliff Communications, said the overall outlook for the tower industry looks positive. …

WAYNESBORO, Va.-NTELOS Inc. and Conestoga Enterprises Inc. reached a definitive merger deal that will create an integrated communications provider in the Mid-Atlantic region with 200,000 PCS subscribers and 175,000 local …

In another twist in the cellular phone legal health battle, a complaint has been filed jointly by four families in the St. Joseph Circuit Court for the State of Indiana …

NEW YORK-Florida has codified into its own law a sweeping overhaul and simplification of telecommunications taxation that responds, in part, to a new federal statute that becomes effective next year. …

WASHINGTON-House and Senate lawmakers plan to introduce legislation after the August recess that would provide federal funding for mobile-phone health research and repeal a 1996 law prohibiting local officials from …

WASHINGTON-Despite fierce lobbying by Western Wireless Corp. and the Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe, a decision from the Federal Communications Commission to award Western Wireless eligible telecommunications carrier status in time …

If your mother is like mine, she probably told you to share when you were a child. Sharing is a good thing, at least in the eyes of most moms. …

WASHINGTON-In an effort to prove it is a viable company and at the same time help a struggling icon, bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. said on July 2 it has signed …

NEW YORK-TrinTel Communications Inc., an Irving, Texas, builder, owner and operator of wireless communications towers, has secured $50 million in new private equity investment, the company said June 25. Austin …

WASHINGTON-An Illinois state court this week is poised to rule on a proposed $1.4 million health-related privacy suit against the cellular industry, which faces increased litigation as science raises more …

If your mother is like mine, she probably told you to share when you were a child. Sharing is a good thing, at least in the eyes of most moms …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom, a one-time poster child for everything that went wrong with the U.S. government’s C-block auction for PCS licenses, said it stands ready to continue to build its network, …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) officially asked the General Accounting Office to probe growing mobile-phone service problems in the United States, a move likely to produce additional data that could bolster …