Towers

LAS VEGAS-The once-sleepy tower industry revealed its flashier side last week at the third annual 2000 Tower Summit and Trade Show here, as industry executives touted the growing demand for …

Tri-County Communications Systems sold an unspecified number of its telecommunications towers in northern New York state to Pinnacle Holdings Inc., said David Abraham & Co., which represented the seller. Details …

LAS VEGAS- According to a new tower owner survey conducted by Fryer’s TowerSource, third-generation wireless Web users account for 5 percent of all tower site users, which is up from …

ST. LOUIS-In an effort to maximize the use and revenue potential of its 1,200 telecommunications towers nationwide, Charter Communications Inc. plans to launch a nationwide tower licensing campaign throughout the …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court, confronted with four appeals challenging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mobile-phone radiation standard and congressional intervention, in October granted the government’s request for more time to …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said its revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 increased 76 percent to $174.6 million compared with $98.9 million reported for the same time last …

ORLAND PARK, Illinois, United States-Andrew said it will expand its Andrew Institute training facility in Suzhou, China. The facility provides product training for Andrew customers in Asia. The Andrew Institute …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $209 million, significantly more than the $67.5 million reported in revenues for third-quarter 1999. The company recorded …

ATLANTA-Communications Equipment Specialists Inc. acquired 50 percent of the equity in Towerlink L.L.C., a wireless communications infrastructure company, in exchange for the exclusive right to provide all construction services and …

In the RCR Wireless News article, “Finalists named for tower industry awards” (Oct. 9, page 24), American Tower Corp. should have been listed as one of the finalists for Most …

NEW YORK-A 6-percent average summer dip in the price of shares in American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International, Pinnacle Towers Inc., SBA Communications and SpectraSite Communications also reflected “a shift …

WASHINGTON-Attempts by the wireless industry to reach a collocation agreement with a historic preservation group hit a few bumps last week when members of the historic preservation community questioned language …

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.-Shorecliff Communications Inc. announced the finalists for the Tower and Site Development Industry’s Annual Excellence in Business Awards, to be given out at a dinner and ceremony …

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court this session has before it three mobile-phone health cases, a sign of things to come in a Digital Age where technology outpaces the law and raises novel …

Amdocs will integrate its IAF Horizon billing, rating, customer-care and service management solution with Comptel plc’s MDS mediation software to provide mobile Internet Protocol service providers with an integrated billing …

NEW YORK-Some 27 years after he placed the first “public portable cellular call,” from Midtown Manhattan to Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, Martin Cooper said he is unsure “if we, …

CHICAGO-More antenna sites and towers will be needed as the wireless industry begins to address the data market, said Malcolm Wood, president and chief executive officer of San Diego-based Littlefeet …

CHICAGO-“Spectrum is like money, everyone always wants more of it and you can never get enough of it,” said Mark Kelley, chief technology officer of Leap Wireless International Inc. It …

The House Judiciary Committee passed legislation to strengthen the legal standard law enforcement must meet before obtaining mobile-phone tracking information. The bill also places certain restrictions on law enforcement access …

As of Sept. 1, 2000, virtually all stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission were required to comply with the human radio frequency exposure standards. Those stations not now in …

Amrel Systems Amrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium …

Bluetooth Silicon Wave Radio-frequency technology developer Silicon Wave Inc. unveiled its Odyssey line of hardware and software products designed for the Bluetooth short-range wireless standard. Included in the line are …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. and Midwest Wireless are collaborating with Minnesota State University, Mankato, to create a model wireless campus. MSU will act as a wireless learning environment and a research …

ATLANTA-Cellemetry Data Services reported that Nu-Metrics selected its wireless data messaging services for a range of electronic highway monitoring solutions applications, including highway crash cushions and attenuators, traffic control signals, …

Working in cooperation with the state of Michigan, Iselin, N.J.-based AAT Communications Corp. is implementing a program under which AAT will build, collocate and manage all wireless towers on state-owned …