NEW YORK-Excluding the third-generation wireless impact, the number of cell sites for mobile communications in the United States likely will reach 140,000 in the next two years, said Ric Prentiss, senior vice president of equity research for Raymond James & Associates.Citing Cellular Telecommunications Industry...
NEW YORK-With existing wireless carriers seeking to expand coverage and capacity and new spectrum poised for commercial use, building owners and managers must develop enhanced expertise in telecommunications before negotiating cell site leasing deals.Landlords must deal with issues including: health hazards to equipment installers from...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. completed its $125 million acquisition of Texas 9 Rural Service Area encompassing the towns of Brownwood, Stephenville, Hamilton and Hillsboro, Texas."Texas 9 fits well with our existing Texas 10 and Texas 16 cluster," noted Ed Evans, president of Dobson Communications....
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected shortly to rule on Motorola Inc.'s 911 call processing-telematics waiver request, a filing that attracted industry support and sharp criticism from consumer and public-safety groups.Motorola last month asked the FCC for permission to build an additional 30,000 handsets...
NEW YORK-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. is prepared to wage war on two fronts in the battle of the titans for transnational control of wireless telecommunications, John Stanton, VoiceStream's chairman and chief executive officer said.Although focused on expanding its domestic footprint through acquisitions of carriers and...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Thursday said it would create "guard-band managers" as licensees for spectrum being set aside to protect public-safety users in the 700 MHz band.The FCC is creating two guard bands to protect public safety from interference. One license will be...
NEW YORK-Rural carriers, many of which began as landline providers, already have experienced a long learning curve in service bundling-a current hot topic in the telecommunications industry.No doubt they face challenges posed by downward pressures on roaming revenues and increased competition in their territories....
Agilent TechnologiesAgilent Technologies Inc. introduced a number of new test-solution products and made improvements to others. The Agilent 84000 RFIC series model A20E is a low-cost test solution developed specifically for high-volume semiconductor manufacturers that make radio-frequency power-amplifier integrated circuits used in cell phones...
WASHINGTON-A major controversy with national implications has erupted in Massachusetts over draft legislation that would promote antenna siting collocation and streamline siting approval for carriers throughout the state, despite protests from citizens who say the measure effectively guts local zoning rights from the 1996...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Bell Atlantic Mobile and TruePosition Inc. said they have completed field trials of Code Division Multiple Access location technology.The field trial was conducted over series 2 TruePosition Wireless Location Technology involving 18 cell sites covering more than 120 square miles near...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-UbiquiTel Holdings Inc., a member of the Sprint PCS Network, said it expanded its service area in an agreement with Sprint PCS. The deal calls for UbiquiTel to extend into 10 states, representing a licensed population of more than 7 million people.The...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is considering using some of its reserved personal communications services spectrum to solve capacity problems in high-density cellular markets.The Time Division Multiple Access carrier owns hundreds of 10-megahertz PCS licenses that surround its existing markets. AT&T Corp. is expected to...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Inc. selected Transcept Inc. to help the carrier extend its personal communications services network using Transcept's TransCell 1900TM PCS-Over-Microwave system.Trancept's focus is on offering equipment that helps carriers deploy and improve their networks while building fewer towers...
WASHINGTON-A company with a name that means "a rapid gallop" or "the blare of a horn" next month plans to begin alpha testing a technology that could greatly reduce the gap between those who have high-speed Internet access and those who do not.Using dedicated...
NEW YORK-Wireless Facilities Inc., a San Diego designer and manager of wireless communications networks, went public Nov. 4 with an offering of 4 million shares at $15 each.The initial public offering, for which Credit Suisse First Boston was lead underwriter, sold at the high...
Wireless location-based services have been talked about for years and few carriers have deployed them, but reality should begin to set in within the next few years.The Federal Communications Commission's revised enhanced 911 rules released in September have put carriers on notice that decisions...
McLEAN, Va.-Egypt-based Misrfone Telecommunications Co. S.A.E. selected LCC International Inc. to design and deploy Misrfone's nationwide Global System for Mobile communications network, announced LCC.Under terms of the one-year, $17 million contract, LCC will build approximately 180 wireless cell sites throughout Egypt, including the cities...
While carriers publicly push ahead with their third-generation technology migration plans, behind the scenes, some may be evaluating technology conversions that could be more cost effective in the long run.Sources close to AT&T Corp. say the nationwide telecommunications carrier is technically studying Code Division...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Corp. reported 90 percent of its wireless cell sites are back on the air and cellular service in metropolitan New York/New Jersey "is rapidly returning to normal."Wireless service was interrupted Sept. 16 when flood waters generated by Hurricane Floyd swept into...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. signed a multimillion dollar contract for Global System for Mobile communications base station subsystem equipment with High Plains/Midwest L.L.C., a wireless service provider operating in Kansas.The contract calls for AirNet to supply GSM infrastructure equipment for the Hays, Garden City,...
Three quarters of the way into 1999, we are inundated with good news from many of the wireless carriers showing record numbers of new customers added to their networks. These numbers are impressive and, in spite of local resistance to towers and the controversy...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Symmetricom Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. announced they successfully demonstrated the ability to synchronize and maintain time and frequency between Code Division Multiple Access base stations using handset message traffic and span line inputs independent of global positioning system inputs.Using software specifically developed...
NEW YORK-As the Internet accelerates the globalization of telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions among traditional and nontraditional players have eclipsed initial public offerings as the preferred strategy for retaining competitive advantage."In the United States, the Internet economy generated $301 billion in 1998 and will generate...
Wireless carriers are about to get an education, one that San Francisco-based Telephia Inc. believes is long overdue.Founded in February 1998, by Tom Frangione and John Oyler-both with extensive backgrounds in telecommunications and start-up companies-the privately owned company plans to offer carriers the ability...
