Towers

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

Michael K. Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said consumer welfare and market economics can coexist. But Powell, speaking to the Federal Communications Bar Association, conceded the marketplace does …

NEW YORK-American Tower Corp., Boston, warned June 21 of greater losses than securities analysts had expected due to acquisition integration problems and a write-off related to the Nasdaq delisting threat …

Tower companies tend to fall into a safe and cozy place in the hard driving, fast moving wireless machine, seemingly immune to the pitfalls that plague carriers and network equipment …

BT Wireless and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile International said their operating companies in the United Kingdom and Germany plan to cooperate on the rollout of third-generation networks. The agreement includes coordinated …

The commercial wireless division of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau allowed the Friends of the Earth and the Forest Conservation Council to withdraw a petition that claimed a tower being …

FRANKFURT, Germany-In a win for new entrants in Germany’s mobile market, RegTP, the German telecom regulator, said it would allow the country’s six Universal Mobile Telecommunications System license holders to …

WASHINGTON-A new Swedish study links analog cell-phone use to brain tumors, a major scientific development that comes as lawmakers prepare to introduce legislation that would earmark federal funds for wireless …

WASHINGTON-An environmental group told the Federal Communications Commission it must conduct a nationwide environmental impact statement before approving any more towers or risk being in violation of various environmental laws. …

WASHINGTON-While the wireless industry steadfastly maintains the safety of cell phones, top mobile-phone manufacturers during the past decade have quietly sought-and received-patents to reduce the kind of radiation absorbed by …

Heinz Corp. Heinz Corp., which provides services to wireless carriers, has promoted Rick Vogt to senior project manager. In his new position he will be responsible for Heinz’s projects for …

WASHINGTON-The new Democratic-controlled Senate is expected to change the tone of telecom policy debate in Congress, but is unlikely to immediately have a major legislative impact. That may well change …

It’s going to be a hot summer. First off, there is “this summer’s hotly anticipated film release, Tomb Raider,” featuring Angelina Jolie and L.M. Ericsson. Jolie plays cyber heroine Lara …

SnapTrack Inc. will provide its SnapTrack SnapSmart Hybrid Wireless Assisted GPS location server software to Seoul-based wireless infrastructure developer, Neolink Technologies Inc. Neolink will incorporate SnapTrack’s software into its Position …

WASHINGTON-President Bush is expected to appoint wireless lawyer Nancy Victory to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, according to administration and industry sources. Victory is a law partner at …

The growth potential of the wireless high-speed data market is inspiring companies to modify technology and previously unused spectrum to enable delivery of these data services. But the journey into …

Crown Castle International Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $212.9 million, a significant increase from the $124.2 million reported for first-quarter 2000. The company recorded …

Vision. Brains. Stubbornness. Courage. Discouragement, Spunk. Talent. Persistence. The four people inducted into RCR Wireless News’ Wireless Hall of Fame this year display most, if not all of these attributes …

Throughout her 18-year career, Doreen Trant has been at the heart of numerous companies and projects that have ultimately helped to mold the industry into what it is today, all …

A number of players must work together to deploy a nationwide wireless network, including carriers, tower companies and equipment manufacturers, but there is a new kind of company on the …

108,159. It’s quite a large number. It’s also the sum of a brief scan through RCR Wireless News headlines from the past few months, headlines detailing job cuts carried out …

Clearwire Technologies Inc. and the Instructional Television Fixed Service Spectrum Development Alliance are teaming to deliver wireless broadband services to educational, nonprofit and commercial customers, with a $97 million commitment …

American Tower Corp. and SpectraSite Holdings Inc. reported positive operational results last week for the first quarter ended March 31. American Tower said it constructed 375 new towers, acquired 238 …

Sprint PCS added 826,000 net customer additions for the first quarter ended March 31, topping analysts estimates of 800,000 net additions. The carrier said its business customer base jumped 73 …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. reported it increased its tower portfolio for the first quarter ended March 31 by 449 towers, 182 of which were newly built, and 267 of …