Towers

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. entered a definitive agreement to acquire 56 wireless towers from Horizon Telecom Inc. The agreement also calls for SBA to provide exclusive site acquisition, development, …

NEW YORK-LCC International Inc., McLean, Va., attributed its 26-percent decline in second-quarter revenues to an “early quarter ramp-down” in its current radio-frequency engineering and system deployment contracts, coupled with domestic …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended June 30 of $59.2 million, more than double the $23.1 million in revenues the company reported for first-quarter 1998. American …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. said it acquired four towers from Tyris Corp. based in Reno, Nev. With this acquisition, Spectrum Resources Towers said it now owns 13 towers …

Wireless construction company Berliner Communications Inc. said it has begun negotiating with underwriters to commence an initial public offering. “We see geographic expansion and further offerings via acquisition of selected …

American Tower Corp. last week made its first large carrier transaction through a master sublease agreement with Vodafone AirTouch plc. The deal gives American Tower the sublease rights to 2,100 …

Lucent Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced software that will turn down transmitter power levels when the user is not speaking into the handset, effectively increasing talk time by extending battery life …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry scored on public safety, liability protection, federal-land antenna siting and sales commissions in Congress last week, while fending off a Pentagon assault on federal spectrum management and …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. announced it filed a preliminary prospectus supplement covering up to 5 million shares, worth approximately $115 million, of its common stock owned by Robert and Barbara …

Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a feature enhancement that increases the battery life of Time Division Multiple Access digital mobile phones. The software, refined by Bell Labs, turns down transmitter power …

WASHINGTON-SiteSafe L.L.C., a company that specializes in telecommunications site compliance, introduced an interactive training product designed to help companies comply with Federal Communications Commission and Occupational Safety & Health Administration …

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $63.9 million, a significant increase over the $40.8 million reported for second-quarter 1998. Powertel recorded net …

MANCHESTER, N.H.-Transcept Inc., previously the telecommunications business unit of Sanders, announced last week its inception as an independent, privately held company. Transcept’s focus is on offering equipment that helps carries …

WASHINGTON-The pace of technological change-rapid and frenzied-will have an impact on regulation, and in turn, how regulation impacts the wireless industry in the next millennium, most policy makers agree. The …

Coherent The Coherent original equipment manufacturer division of Tellabs launched a complete design verification kit for its CEC-128 Integrated Echo Canceller multichip module. The kit consists of a CEC-128 plug-in …

TeleCorp PCS TeleCorp PCS Inc. hired Raul Burgos as vice president and general manager of its Puerto Rican operations. He most recently served as general manager and vice president of …

WASHINGTON-As industry, congressional and administration officials struggled to craft a compromise on Pentagon spectrum priority legislation late last week, a new controversy erupted as the House telecommunications subcommittee voted to …

Poor Tom Daschle. First, the Senate minority leader from South Dakota is handily rebuffed by the GOP in a high-profile fight over managed health-care reform. A big sticking point: Liability …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. was dealt a major blow last week by the Federal Communications Commission, which told the nation’s top dispatch operator it cannot use private wireless spectrum to build …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire 192 towers located in the South from Triton PCS, an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate. The towers are located in Virginia, …

WASHINGTON-Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle’s (D-S.D.) move to pre-empt the planning commission here from deciding on Bell Atlantic Mobile’s Rock Creek Park tower applications set off protests from local officials, …

I say ol’ chap, want to know how you rate as a reporter of mobile phone health & safety issues in the United Kingdom? Ring up the Federation of the …

ATLANTA-Crown Castle International Corp. and BellSouth Corp. reached a preliminary agreement that calls for BellSouth to sublease the unused space on its 773 personal communications services towers to Crown Castle …

ELite Logistic Services Elite Logistic Services Inc. introduced its PageTrack control module, a wireless automotive security, control and monitoring solution. The system uses SkyTel Communications Inc.’s two-way ReFLEX network, the …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. acquired six towers in Baltimore, Md., in two separate transactions, said the company. The towers were acquired from Blanton Tower Leasing and Douglas Robison. …