HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. recently filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the initial public offering of $300 million of its common stock, par value 1 cent per share. The offering includes common shares sold by …
Applied Cellular Technology Inc. received a letter of commitment for a $15 million unsecured line of credit from Boston’s State Street Bank and Trust Co.’s High Technology Lending Group. Proceeds from the line of credit, expected to close by June …
WASHINGTON-Federal E911 legislation has yet to be introduced in the Senate and is on hold in the House. A bill introduced by Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), chairman of the House telecommunications subcommittee, was supposed to be marked up last week …
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. announced it plans to acquire all of the membership interest in Koll Telecommunication Services L.L.C. Published industry reports state that LCC’s tower-ownership subsidiary, Microcell Management Inc., combined with KTS’ tower-management business will create one of the …
They say a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, a lesson paging carriers learned in a painful way last Tuesday evening when an estimated 90 percent of all paging subscribers in the country found themselves without service …
American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it has signed a three-year contract extension with IBM Corp. to provide the computer company with wireless data network services over its Ardis network through 2001. IBM uses the Ardis network for its field-service support …
Metawave Metawave Communications Corp. appointed Scot B. Jarvis to its board of directors. Jarvis helped build McCaw Cellular Communications cellular business through aggressive acquisitions of cellular licenses. During his nine years with McCaw, Jarvis held many positions including vice president …
WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), straddled by cellular industry representatives and health-care activists, last week introduced E911-federal land antenna-siting legislation and signaled he would negotiate with Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) on privacy concerns but probably not on cancer-research …
Rogers Rogers Corp. introduced thin versions of its Poron urethane foam designed for making thin gaskets and pads used in pagers, personal organizers, cellular phones and global positioning systems. The Poron 4701-50 materials are cast in thicknesses down to 0.017 …
WASHINGTON-For the second time in as many weeks, the National Park Service has returned an antenna-siting application to a wireless carrier as incomplete and in doing so may have unwittingly bolstered chances for E911 federal property antenna-siting legislation that House …
WASHINGTON-Despite all the hoopla surrounding antenna siting legislation, wireless anti-fraud, privacy and tax-repeal bills stand a far better chance of being passed by Congress and enacted into law this year. President Clinton is expected shortly to sign legislation that will …
To the Editor: I am a cellular phone user and I am also an average consumer of cellular accessories. My main concern is the way the retail side of the cellular stores are being handled. I have 30 years of …
Conxus Communications Inc. announced it will extend its Pocketalk voice paging service rollout to Los Angeles and Chicago. Conxus first launched the service in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. markets, followed by Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas and Tampa/St. Petersburg …
Latest statistics put the national capital area as the second worst gridlocked place in the country, second presumably to Los Angeles. As a native Washingtonian, I’ve sensed for some years that congestion was getting worse. Now I know why: the …
DUBLIN, Ireland-The challenges faced by radio-access network providers have been underlined by the experiences of Ionica, a company established in June 1996 to provide a new wireless telephone service to households and small businesses in the United Kingdom. While its …
Last June, RCR asked me what I thought would be the biggest problem facing the wireless industry in 1998. My answer comprised one word: Education. What I was referring to was training and educating industry employees, educating the public about …
To the editor: Instead of digging in their heals, it’s time the carriers got with it. “It” being concealment or camouflage of antennas. Most local zoning authorities, like the one I sit on, would reduce the permitting process time if …
Moffet, Larson & Johnson Moffet, Larson & Johnson Inc. announced the integration of Comarco Wireless Technologies’ Network Evaluation System tool NES-250 with the PathPro drive-test post-processing module, PathView. The integration provides the capability to transmit data from the GEN II …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. earlier this month announced the termination of its previously disclosed definitive agreement to sell its site-management business to Telecom Towers L.L.C. of Arlington, Va. Arch said it plans to begin discussions with alternative buyers soon. …
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Signal One Corp. recently started building nine new towers at major interstate locations in Tennessee. Eight locations will have 330-foot towers and the Monteagle location will have a 350-foot tower. Signal One said it currently owns 15 towers and …
Pinnacle Towers Inc. has gained access to cellular, paging and personal communications services markets in Baltimore and the eastern coast of Maryland following its acquisition of 12 towers from Shore & West Shore Communications. “These acquisitions enhance the company’s current …
While the personal communications services industry is characterized as up and running, a host of PCS carriers have yet to launch service, raising questions about whether they will survive in the marketplace. Twenty-six out of RCR’s 40 top PCS operators …
DE PERE, Wis.-Cellcom announced it has activated two new towers in the Green Bay, Wis., area. One is located on the west side near Austin Straubel Airport, and the other is located on the east side near the University of …
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Cellular 2000/Rural Cellular Corp. added six cellular sites to its Minnesota operational service area. The Menahga, Red Lake Falls, Perham, Deer River, South Bemidji and Brandon cellular towers will improve cellular coverage for these six rural communities and the …
A Denver-based company has caught the attention of price-sensitive mobile phone carriers as well as some big manufacturers. Cactus Integration Group, incorporated Aug. 1, provides integrated, turnkey site development solutions to wireless carriers. Services range from site identification and acquisition …
