This RCR Wireless News Top 10 Tower Companies listing is a compilation of the top 10 tower companies that responded to a survey from PCIA and RCR Wireless News. This year's list is a little different in that it was a voluntary effort: some...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As fourth-generation network rollouts begin, the wireless industry’s value chain has viable buildout opportunities that should keep the sector healthy, as long as various segments work in harmony.“4G wireless will be the game changer that we all expect and hope it...
4G Unwired 4G Unwired has introduced SkyView Microwave, microwave engineering software that provides the ability to design microwave and broadband networks in 3D directly in Google Earth with accurate and repeatable results. View line of sight worldwide from any angle, produce complete link...
As president and CEO of PCIA – the Wireless Infrastructure Association, Michael Fitch is charged with overseeing the group's mission of supporting the infrastructure necessary to make wireless communications and information available at all times and in all places. While the task may seem...
The tower industry gets its turn on the trade show spotlight this week as PCIA’s 2009 Wireless Infrastructure Show is set to kick off at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. The event’s festivities start on Monday, Sept. 21 with the...
Wasn’t it just yesterday the wireless industry was all abuzz about third-generation networks and how they would revolutionize the way we communicate? Taking a look at the headlines today that tout the same life-altering benefits of 4G and you would almost think those 3G...
Nothing seems to drive adoption of a service as well as cutting the price of using that service. And for the wireless industry, the service of choice remains voice, and in case you were not aware, we are in the midst of a price...
American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) announced on August 27, 2009 that it has completed its previously announced redemption of the remaining $162.2 million principal amount of its 3.00% convertible notes due August 15, 2012. In accordance with the conversion provisions of the notes and...
On the surface, there isn't much to suggest that this newly Democratic-led FCC will make any radical regulatory changes in the wireless industry. There is a loud camp cheering for new FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to take a more heavy-handed approach in wireless affairs,...
Aircel Cellular has shortlisted four players — US-based American Tower Corporation (ATC), Crown Castle International, Bharti Infratel and the Tata-Quippo combine — for buying out its tower business in a deal worth $1.5-2 billion, according to an executive familiar with the development. http://budurl.com/rcr05
It would be the second-largest IPO after the Rs 6,000-crore one by state-run National Hydroelectric Power Corporation. Reliance Infratel, the tower subsidiary of telecom service provider Reliance Communications (RCom), will file a draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) for its proposed Initial Public Offer (IPO)...
Diamond announces today that First Telecom Services LLC (“First Telecom”), a subsidiary of First Communications, has contributed its wireless tower assets (the “Assets”) to Diamond. The Assets include 368 leases on wireless communications towers and selected FirstEnergy Corp. (“FirstEnergy”) operating affiliates’ utility structures throughout...
The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. The wireless/telecom/media/IT sector is growing two to five...
LTE is slated to become the next generation of wireless technology. The spectral efficiency alone, meaning the number of data bits supported on a given frequency, clinches the deal. The business case is compelling: with LTE you get more capacity, and therefore more revenue,...
Femtocells are just starting to hit the wireless market, but considerable momentum is building for the technology to play a key role when carriers start to deploy LTE networks.More than 18 wireless providers said they are planning to deploy LTE technology within...
The $789 billion economic stimulus bill set to shortly become law designates $7.2 billion for broadband grants, but the measure lacks tax credits for wireless carriers and other service providers."Despite the fact that broadband tax cuts is a well-known concept on Capitol Hill, the...
The $789 billion economic stimulus bill nearing final congressional passage designates $7.2 billion for broadband grants, but the measure lacks tax credits for wireless carriers and other service providers.Crafting rules for broadband grants could become highly controversial, since guidelines governing eligibility, data speeds, nondiscrimination...
Some Southwest Airlines customers will now be free to move around the Web.The Dallas-based airline said on Tuesday it will offer in-flight Internet access to customers, but is using different technology than its competitors. Southwest said it will be the first airline to test...
A developer of wireless enterprise solutions claims it has combined the advantages of paging and mobile phones into one service that can be accessed with a smartphone.Onset Technology is targeting the healthcare field with the latest enhancement of its METAmessage Advanced Paging Solution. The...
The House gave President Obama a big victory with approval of an economic stimulus bill with $6 billion in broadband grants for wireless carriers and other service providers, setting the stage for Senate debate next week on a costlier companion measure that includes more...
The mobile-phone industry called for changes to the $6 billion broadband component of Congress' $825 billion economic stimulus bill, requesting open-access provisions be stripped out and language added to require local action within 75 days on tower siting applications sought by wireless recipients of...
Global Tower Partners added 235 towers to its inventory. The Florida-based company bought the new towers from AT&T Mobility; the towers span across 24 states.Financial terms of the deal, including the sale price, were not disclosed. Further, neither AT&T nor RBC Daniels (which acted...
President-elect Barack Obama plans this week to nominate former telecom policymaker and tech entrepreneur Julius Genachowski as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, according to knowledgeable sources.Genachowski, a Harvard Law School classmate of Obama's who is a tech adviser on the presidential...
Rural provider Open Range Communications can now fund its launch of WiMAX-based wireless broadband and voice, thanks to a new $100 million investment from One Equity Partners.In March of 2008, the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities Program approved a $267 million...
