The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today said it will not rule on wireless providers' challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's backup power rule until Bush administration budget officials complete their review of controversial guidelines designed to respond to...
A dispute has erupted over whether a federal appeals court should delay ruling on the wireless industry's challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's backup power rule until Bush administration budget officials complete their review of controversial guidelines designed to respond to communications failures from...
The Federal Communications Commission could be forced to back off the backup power rule. Two members of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit voiced serious doubts about whether the FCC had authority to mandate...
The Federal Communications Commission agreed to allow Globalstar Inc. to make greater use of land-based wireless facilities in mobile satellite service frequencies licensed to the company."This action will allow greater capacity and flexibility for MSS/ATC , and will allow CDMA Big LEO MSS/ATC...
The mobile-phone industry told a U.S. appeals court the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its statutory powers in mandating the eight-hour backup power rule for cell sites as part of an otherwise legally flawed rulemaking."By promulgating a sweeping mandate far beyond its regulatory authority without...
The Federal Communications Commission is facing a gathering legal storm over its emergency back-up power rule, with the mobile-phone industry asking a federal appeals court to put its legal challenge on a fast track and Sprint Nextel Corp. seeking to stay the effective date...
THE MOBILE-PHONE AND TOWER SECTORS could take a significant financial hit as a result of a new Federal Communications Commission mandate requiring backup power sources at key facilities.The FCC rule, which industry sources claim could cost wireless carriers hundreds of millions of dollars to...
The Federal Communications Commission agreed to divide mobile satellite service L-band spectrum between CDMA operator Globalstar Inc. and TDMA operator Iridium Satellite L.L.C., while soliciting public comment on a plan to give Globalstar ancillary terrestrial component authority on most of its MSS frequencies.The agency's...
Federal regulators appear poised to take actions that could enable Globalstar Inc. to integrate terrestrial wireless facilities in most of its mobile satellite service frequencies and allow Iridium Satellite L.L.C. to share more of Globalstar's MSS frequencies, possible outcomes that could bolster both companies-as...
An exhaustive internal review of Wireless Facilities Inc.'s stock option-granting and pricing practices from 1998 to 2005 concluded that the company will owe between $30 million and $40 million due to improprieties during that eight-year span.More than 40 million pages of electronic and hard...
The mantra of OPM-other people's money-is alive and well in wireless.The latest private-equity investments, announced last week, include New York-based Lindsay Goldberg's $283 million stake in Brightstar Corp., which is expanding its wireless distribution and supply chain operations globally.Separately, Los Angeles-based Platinum Equity is...
The mantra of OPM-other people's money-is alive and well in wireless.The latest private-equity investments, announced yesterday, include New York-based Lindsay Goldberg's $283 million stake in Brightstar Corp., which is expanding its wireless distribution and supply chain operations globally. Separately, Los Angeles-based Platinum Equity is...
Following a major financial reporting setback due to an internal review of stock-options granting practices in mid-March, Wireless Facilities Inc. announced it has agreed to sell its wireless engineering business to LCC International for $46 million. The San Diego-based infrastructure vendor expects the deal,...
Following a major financial reporting setback due to an internal review of stock-options granting practices in mid-March, Wireless Facilities Inc. announced it has agreed to sell its wireless engineering business to LCC International for $46 million.The San Diego-based infrastructure vendor expects the deal, which...
Investors fled San Diego-based Wireless Facilities Inc. in droves after the company announced an internal review of the company's stock-options granting practices as well as several impairment charges. The company's stock was down a whopping 20 percent, to $1.68 per share, following the news.The...
LCC International Inc., which designs and deploys wireless networks, announced an agreement to purchase Wireless Facilities Inc.'s businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in a cash-for-stock transaction valued at $4 million. The sale is subject to closing conditions; however, LCC expects the...
The tower industry is sitting pretty these days. And, all things considered, the future couldn't look brighter for The Big Three: Crown Castle International Corp., American Tower Corp. and of SBA Communications Corp. Gone are days of flimsy business models and living on the...
BOSTON—Several vendors are launching WiMAX strategies and products as they prepare to take the stage at the WiMAX World USA 2006 trade show, running tomorrow and Wednesday in Boston. Among the announcements that coincide with the show: Andrew Corp.’s Comsearch subsidiary announced that it...
Exchanging data over wireless networks is expected to grow at a steady rate in North America, according to the latest data from ABI Research. The firm said it expects growth of 16 percent each year through 2011, with a bit of a boom in...
SAN DIEGO—Wireless Facilities Inc., which designs and manages wireless networks, announced it entered a definitive agreement to acquire Madison Research Corp. WFI said the acquisition would advance its customer footprint within the U.S. Department of Defense, including with the U.S. Army and Air Force...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it was denying and dismissing a petition filed in 2002 by the American Bird Conservancy and the Forest Conservation Council that could have delayed building wireless facilities along the Gulf Coast while the requested environmental reviews were completed....
SAN DIEGO—Network design and engineering firm Wireless Facilities Inc. announced it signed a $10 million contract with a government contractor to develop software and provide integration services for the Global Combat Support System, which supplies military commanders with access to data about personnel and...
SAN DIEGO—Network design and engineering firm Wireless Facilities Inc. reported a net loss during the fourth quarter of $3.4 million, a reversal from its net income of $12.3 million during the same quarter of 2004. The net loss included a $5 million deduction due...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. CarriersR.W. Baird lowered its estimates on Sprint Nextel, noting the company missed the firm’s expectations on postpaid customer growth. For 2006, Baird expects the company...
