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SPECTRASITE ROLLS WITH THE CHANGES TO BECOME MAJOR TOWER CONSOLIDATOR

The wireless industry had only just begun to discuss the idea of purchase leaseback arrangements last year when SpectraSite Communications Inc. forged the first such deal.The company in August 1998 agreed to buy 47 towers from personal communications services carrier Airadigm Communications Inc. and...

AIRADIGM FILES BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS

MADISON, Wisconsin, United States-Airadigm Communications, a C-block winner, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at a U.S. bankruptcy court. Airadigm was the first C-block licensee to begin service in March 1997 and has a subscriber base of 13,000 in parts of the states of...

DECISION ON LIFTING SPECTRUM CAP TO BE MADE BY YEAR’S END

WASHINGTON-Whether the spectrum cap should stay or go-one issue that distinguishes incumbent cellular operators and upstart personal communications services operators-"will hopefully" be decided by the Federal Communications Commission at its September meeting, said Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.The Cellular Telecommunications...

AIRADIGM IS LATEST C-BLOCK CASUALTY

The fallout from the C-block debacle continued last week as Wisconsin-based C-blocker Airadigm Communications filed for chapter 11 protection at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Madison, Wis.Meanwhile, C-block winner NextWave Personal Communications Inc. was handed a favorable ruling in its own bankruptcy proceeding.Airadigm has...

NEXTEL’S TOWER SALE TO SPECTRASITE SETS MARK FOR FUTURE CARRIER DEALS

Nextel Communications Inc. last week agreed to sell its portfolio of towers to independent tower company SpectraSite Communications Inc., ending months of speculation about which tower company the specialized mobile radio carrier would select for the sale.The $560 million cash deal has been eagerly...

STORM CONTINUES TO FOLLOW C-BLOCK INTO REAUCTION PROCESS

The reauction of C-block personal communications services spectrum is expected to be a dismal affair in March, and most small entrepreneurial businesses-which the auction was designed for-are likely to forgo bidding altogether.The Federal Communications Commission plans to reauction 134 15-megahertz and 208 30-megahertz C-block...

TOWER INDUSTRY ARGUES IMPORTANCE OF SIZE

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.The rapid consolidation of the industry was jolted into high gear in November when American...

SPECTRASITE BUYS TOWER ASSETS

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 of the deal, SpectraSite will lease back tower space to Airadigm and build new...

PEOPLE

ITAThe Industrial Telecommunications Association said it appointed Laura Leigh Smith executive director, government relations. She formerly was deputy division chief (legal) in the public safety and private wireless division of the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Smith will be responsible for representing interests...

NEW SERVICES, COMMUNITY BACK LASH SPUR TOWER-INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION

Consolidation among heavyweights in the telecommunications industry, including some of the wireless sector's largest carriers, has grabbed the headlines during the last several months. Meanwhile, the tower industry has been experiencing a rapid consolidation of its own.Since the beginning of this month, American Tower...

C-BLOCK RESTRUCTURE `TWEAK’ IMMINENT

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last week was close to approving a new plan to relax conservative parts of its C-block personal communications services debt-restructuring rules and to extend the election date for financing options by as much as 90 days beyond the current...

NEWS BRIEFS

Multinational Automated Clearing House U.S.A. said it signed agreements to provide roamer call data clearing services to Global System for Mobile service providers American Personal Communications, Powertel Inc., Microcell Connexions Inc., Aerial Communications, Airadigm Communications, DigiPH PCS, Conestoga Wireless and NPI Wireless. A subsidiary...

AIRADIGM LAUNCHES IN TWO MORE CITIES

OSHKOSH, Wis.-C-block operator Airadigm Communications Inc. said it launched 1900 MHz personal communications services in Fond du Lac and Oshkosh, Wis.The service, branded Einstein, uses Global System for Mobile communications technology. Airadigm will make Einstein PCS handsets and service available Nov. 7 at Phones...

COMMISSIONERS STILL BITTER OVER C-BLOCK RESTRUCTURING BLUEPRINT

WASHINGTON-With all its internal struggles regarding the proposed new Federal Communications Commissioners reportedly solved, Congress was poised at press time to vote on the leaders of a new regime at that agency. The Old Guard, however, has remained true to its combative, no-holds-barred self...

SECOND C-BLOCK CARRIER COOK TURNS ON TULSA SERVICE THIS WEEK

Cook Inlet Region Inc. will roll out personal communications services this week in Tulsa, Okla.,-just the second C-block player to launch commercial PCS operations. Airadigm Communications Inc., another C-block licensee, launched its PCS service in March in Appleton, Wis.Cook Inlet, an Alaskan Native American...

EINSTEIN LAUNCHED IN GREEN BAY, WIS.

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications Inc. is launching service in Green Bay, Wis., and opening a retail store in the Bay Park Square Mall.Airadigm's service is branded Einstein PCS. The Little Chute-based company said in March it was the first C-block personal communications services operator...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Ericsson Inc. announced it supplied equipment and services to Airadigm Communications Inc. for its Einstein personal communications services network in Appleton, Wis. The network uses Global System for Mobile communications technology. Ericsson supplied mobile switching centers, base station controllers, base stations and the MXE...

AIRADIGM PREPARES TO BE FIRST C-BLOCK CARRIER OFFERING SERVICE

While many winners of C-block personal communications services spectrum are months away from launching commercial service, Airadigm Communications Inc. is preparing to be the first C-block player to launch."We have 37 people on board that represent 270 years of telecom experience," said Senior Vice...

AIRADIGM CONNECTS ON PCS CALL IN WIS.

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications made what it says are the first C-block personal communications services calls in the its Wisconsin markets. Calls were made by George Benson, Airadigm's chief executive officer, and Airadigm President Carl Artman, to media in Appleton, Green Bay and Madison,...

AIRADIGM CHOOSES PCS BILLING SYSTEM

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-ClearSystems Inc. will provide its customer care and billing platform, Innoverse, to Airadigm Communications, a personal communications services license winner.Innoverse was designed using client/server object-oriented technology, the company said. Ned Earle Sr., president of ClearSystems, said Innoverse will provide Airadigm customized workflow...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

L.M. Ericsson on Jan. 1 plans to reorganize its five business areas into three: Telephones & Terminals, Mobile Systems and Infocom Systems. Telephones & Terminals will be responsible for consumer products, including mobile phones and cordless phones. Mobile Systems will be responsible for network solutions,...

ERICSSON WILL EQUIP AIRADIGM

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications has chosen Ericsson Inc. as equipment vendor for the company's personal communications services network.Airadigm hopes to deploy service early next year. The Little Chute, Wis.-based company holds 13 C-block licenses to provide 1900 MHz service throughout Wisconsin and in the...

PCS BUILDOUT UPDATE

Estimated Equipment/ Date and market cost to handset service was Markets planned Company Ownership Technology build network ...