Towers

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it signed a multiyear contract with JP Realty Inc. in Salt Lake City to manage the radio-frequency communications equipment facilities located on JP Realty’s property. Increasingly, …

As if the wireless industry didn’t have enough to worry about with local zoning boards, citizen activists, organized labor, environmentalists, Civil War buffs and the National Park Service, now it …

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Ball Wireless Communications Products introduced two new antenna products based on its AirBASE air dielectric technology. The DualBASE dual-band base station antenna allows wireless carriers to use one antenna to …

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) said he will pursue early passage this year of legislation to improve wireless E911 service and foster antenna siting on federal land, a …

Zetron Zetron Inc. launched the Model Z907 PCS Fault Finder, which provides fast notification of power amplifier and antenna problems at personal communications services sites. The PCS Fault Finder monitors …

CINCINNATI-Cinergy Communications Inc., Lattice Partners Ltd. and a partnership led by Robert M. Bass announced they will form a venture to acquire and develop a large portfolio of communications towers …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, already facing stiff resistance to antenna siting from local zoning boards and federal land managers, has come under fire from the Federal Communications Commission for erecting transmission …

WASHINGTON-The National Park Service is weighing in on antenna-siting cases on land adjacent to its parks. In Cape Cod, Mass., Park Service officials commented a tower proposal probably won’t be …

Despite massive consolidation among players in the tower industry, many small tower owners said they are not interested in selling their sites, according to a survey conducted by Fryer’s Information …

If the recent consolidation activity among independent tower companies is any indication, size is perceived to be an important element to a tower company in attracting deals with wireless carriers. …

TAMPA, Fla.-UniSite Inc. plans to acquire 66 telecommunications towers in 12 states in two separate transactions. Financial details of the arrangements were not disclosed. The company is buying 27 towers …

PEORIA, Ill.-Rohn Industries Inc., which makes tubular towers and equipment enclosures, announced it is merging with Pirod Holdings Inc., a specialized telecommunications equipment manufacturer. Under terms of the agreement, Pirod …

While many independent tower companies grapple with the issue of whether to offer construction services as part of a one-stop shop, one company believes it can succeed purely in the …

WASHINGTON-As Congress returns this week to begin the 106th Congress, members of the House Commerce Committee were given a preview of coming attractions in December by their chairman, Rep. Thomas …

NEW YORK-Taking the pulse of the domestic cellular and personal communications services sectors as 1998 drew to a close, securities analysts from three major investment banks offered a positive prognosis …

At the end of each year, the RCR editorial staff looks back on the news events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of …

DENVER-SpectraSite Communications Inc., a provider of site and tower development services, said it acquired certain tower assets of Airadigm Communications Inc., a provider of personal communications services. Under the terms …

HOUSTON, BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile and Crown Castle International Corp. announced an agreement to form a joint venture company that will own, operate and actively advance the leasing space on …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. and Triton PCS announced they entered into a contract in which American Tower will build 115 build-to-suit tower-development sites in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. In …

WASHINGTON-A Government Accounting Office report says the U.S. Postal Service has “put on hold” plans to expand an antenna-siting program, which could have significant impacts on efforts to get antenna-siting …

WASHINGTON-People flying New Year’s Eve 1999 should wonder if their airplanes will be able to navigate safely if the pilots cannot see wireless antenna facilities-especially 200-foot towers. If the millennium …

WASHINGTON-Marcia Spielholz, the California woman whose emergency 911 cellular phone call went unanswered in 1994 during an attempted auto theft in which she was shot in the face, plans to …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. has purchased Bracket Master Inc. for approximately $1.5 million. Bracket Master Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of tower hardware based in Jupiter, Fla., formed in 1994 to …

ADC Telecommunications Inc. completed its acquisition of Teledata Communications Ltd. for $15.75 per share, or about $200 million in cash. Omnipoint Communications Inc. launched commercial roaming with NPI Wireless of …