BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp., a tower developer and owner, has closed on 203 of the 275 towers included in its agreement with TeleCorp PCS Inc., an affiliate of AT&T Wireless. The entire sale is expected to be finalized in the second quarter. The...
Advanced Technology Workshop on Ceramic Technologies for MicrowaveMarch 26-27 IMAPS/CII. Adam's Mark Hotel, Denver. www.imaps.org/forms/ceramic2001regist.htm.3rd Annual Tower Investment SymposiumMarch 26-27 Shorecliff Communications. New York City. www.scievents.com.The 3G Wireless Seminar: Promises and RealitiesMarch 26-27 Alexander Resources. Phoenix. (972) 818-8226.CRM FocusMarch 26-28 IIR. World Trade Center, Boston....
LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. announced SBA Communications Corp. exercised its option to purchase up to 173 of its communication towers in the second quarter of 2001 throughout US Unwired's territory in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Florida.SBA also retained the option to...
Behind every tower there's a story.Depending on a tower's location, tower siting can be a lengthy and complicated process, characterized by research, negotiations and legal maneuvering that may take months to complete before a tower is finally erected. For the most part, cellular, PCS...
The New Jersey state government is considering a bill that would prohibit the erection of, enhancement or addition of equipment to a tower within 1,000 feet of a public or private school, any area zoned residential, or a public park, adding another potential obstacle...
Adicom WirelessAdicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless service providers face, including universal coverage in a cell and high cost of subscriber unit...
AWRApplied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including Agilent Technologies, Verticom Inc. and Hewlett Packard. As VP of marketing, Patston will lead AWR's...
CTIA Wireless 2001March 20-22 CTIA. Sands Expo and Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas. (202) 785-2842.InterISPMarch 21-23 Interisp. Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami. www.netispexpo.com.Developing An Effective Strategy For NextGeneration Broadband Access NetworksMarch 21-23 The Institute for International Research. Marriott at Metro Center, Washington, DC. www.iir-ny.com.Asia/Pacific Business...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week retreated from its proposal to overhaul the schools and libraries Internet discount program and may be forced to backtrack on proposed budget cuts to telecom programs administered by the departments of commerce and agriculture.Education Secretary Roderick Paige, in testimony...
As wireless carriers focus more and more of their resources on reducing churn, signing up new subscribers and acquiring spectrum for third-generation services, tower siting and construction is continually falling into the hands of companies like Mericom Corp., which has the ability to design,...
Fines. Permit denials. Tower removal. These drastic measures could be lurking in the fine print of hundreds of local government zoning regulations around the country. Tower companies, and the wireless carriers that lease space from them, need to be aware of "status-changing" events that...
Controversy is brewing in the Texas state House of Representatives over a far-reaching bill that could give individual counties the authority to regulate tower siting, even requiring those with whip antennas on their cars or a home satellite dish to obtain a permit from...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 of $243.8 million and $735.3 million, respectively, compared with revenues of $89 million and $258.1 million for the fourth quarter and year-end 1999.The company recorded a net loss of $54.8...
Sierra Wireless has announced the addition of Microsoft Corp. to the WirelessReady Alliance. Alliance members, including wireless device manufacturers, software application vendors, and wireless and value-added enterprise service providers, work together to deliver wireless data solutions to the mobile computing market. "As a global...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association last Friday filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming regulations aimed at historic preservation "favor intensive government oversight and unwieldy bureaucratic procedures."The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, focuses on regulations recently promulgated...
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 of $202 million and $649.2 million, respectively, compared with $114.2 million and $345.8 million for fourth-quarter and year-end 1999.The company recorded a net loss of $59 million, or 40...
Editor's Note: Posted on Quantum Group, Inc.'s Web site, www.mergeusa.com, is an outspoken and somewhat controversial article on consolidating industries. It is an article that predicts general doom and misery for consolidators in any industry - including the tower industry. While the prophecy of consolidation...
Broadband Wireless Forum 2001February 19-21 Shorecliff Communications. Moscone Center, San Francisco. www.scievents.com.Global TeleTech ConferenceFebruary 19-21 UBS Warburg. Hotel Okura, Tokyo. www.ubswarburg.co.jp.Broadband Building & Commerce-WestFebruary 19-21 Shorecliff Communications Inc. San Francisco. (800) 608-9641.Bluetooth North AmericaFebruary 20-21 World Research Group. The Westgate Hotel, San Diego. (800)...
Mobile Commerce ConferenceFebruary 12-13 Key3Media. The Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, Calif. www.key3media.com/mc2.Vamos Wireless! 2001 ConferenceFebruary 12-13 Latin Venture Partners. Miami. www.latinventure.com.Wireless/Portable Symposium and ExhibitionFebruary 12-16 Penton Media Inc. San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. (888) WIREREG.Financing and Investing in BroadbandFebruary 13-15 Institute for...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. announced it sold $500 million of its senior notes, which the company said will pay for some or all of the company's outstanding debt, the construction and acquisition of additional towers and general working capital.
WASHINGTON-A Georgia man last week filed lawsuit against mobile-phone giant Nokia Corp. and others, claiming cell phone use caused his brain cancer. The mobile-phone-cancer lawsuit is the latest in a mushrooming field of litigation that is beginning to hang over the wireless industry.In addition...
ARLINGTON, Va.-SiteSafe Inc. signed a three-year contract to provide approximately 2,000 Nextel Communications Corp. field personnel with radio-frequency safety and awareness training using PeopleSafe, a CD-Rom-based training program, the company announced.PeopleSafe provides a complete understanding of how non-ionizing radio waves operate on towers and...
A year ago, if a company was looking for a few million dollars in investment money, all it needed to do was call on Wall Street and wait for the flood of dollars to come. But in the past year, Wall Street financing has...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. has agreed to sell $1 billion worth of its 9.38-percent senior notes due 2009 through an institutional private placement, the company said.American Tower originally announced Jan. 17 that it was seeking to raise approximately $350 million in this offering. The proceeds...
