CHICAGO - For the past seven years, a Rhode Island company has demonstrated that WiMAX technology can succeed in the United States.In 2000, Jeff Thompson started TowerStream with money from a small group of investors and fewer than 30 employees. In 2008, the company...
On the surface, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to reverse a three-judge panel and hand San Diego County a surprise victory over Sprint Nextel Corp. is just another in a series of conflicting court rulings on antenna siting. But legal wrangling...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a previous ruling to give San Diego County a victory over Sprint Nextel Corp. in a long-running dispute between the parties over a 2003 ordinance governing visibility and location of wireless facilities."The ordinance does not effectively...
The backup power controversy is now officially before Bush administration budget officials, but the overarching issue of whether the Federal Communications Commission rule will stand or be overturned in court may not be resolved until after the increasingly active Atlantic hurricane season ends in...
AirCell Inc. has added its first major airline outside of the United States in its quest to outfit as many aircraft with its mobile broadband service that provides Internet access to travelers.AirCell announced an agreement with Air Canada, which will roll out AirCell's Gogo...
As several tropical storms threatened various sections of the nation, the Federal Communications Commission took action to prompt Bush administration and court review of a backup power rule maligned by the wireless and tower sectors.The FCC on Thursday sent the backup power rule -...
A decision to show up in Washington, D.C., nearly two years ago is starting to pay off for AirCell Inc. as it attempts to revolutionize the way people stay connected through air travel.Last month, American Airlines launched its Internet program powered by AirCell's Gogo,...
DENVER - It's a glitzy, ostentatious spectacle that has drawn hundreds of powerful politicians, thousands of TV cameras, tens of thousands of convention-goers and an audience that stretches across the globe. And it has coaxed out all corners of the wireless industry, too.
The Democratic...
Passengers on coast-to-coast American Airlines flights can now sit back and surf the Web.The world's largest airline said it has teamed up with Aircell to provide Internet access to passengers on flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles and...
Wireless network infrastructure is becoming more green - and saving operators some greenbacks at the same time.While interest has been pushed to a higher pitch in recent months due to higher energy and transportation costs, the shift toward greener infrastructure has been in the...
Welcome to the RCR Wireless Newscast. We take a closer look at Sprint and what the carrier might do with its iDEN network. ; Sprint Nextel iDEN; Welcome to the RCR Wireless Newscast. We take a closer look...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors --R.W. Baird lowered its estimates on Alcatel-Lucent after the company reported in-line results and maintained guidance. The lowered EPS estimates reflect expected...
The tower industry was busy last week with Sprint Nextel Corp. announcing the sale of 3,300 towers to TowerCo L.L.C. for $670 million and tower giant SBA acquiring a pair of smaller players. Sprint Nextel said the sale of its towers to TowerCo provides...
SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. AND CLEARWIRE CORP.'S CAMPAIGN to win government approval of a their national WiMAX plan is drawing static from AT&T Inc. and rural cellular operators on key unsettled wireless policy issues, but the deal has picked up backing from many educational and...
Sprint Nextel Corp. sold its 3,300 towers to TowerCo L.L.C. for $670 million, a move that provides the carrier with some cash and relieves it of the business of owning and managing the towers.The companies expect the deal to close in 90 days.The agreement...
SBA Communications Corp. is in the mood to shop. The company announced today it will acquire Light Tower Wireless L.L.C., the wireless infrastructure branch of Light Tower L.L.C. The purchase comes with Light Tower's 340 tower sites in 23 states, five managed sites and...
SBA Communications Corp. said it will acquire tower company Optasite Holding Company Inc. in a stock-and-cash deal worth roughly $430 million.SBA, which owns and operates towers for AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, said it will issue Optasite sellers 7.25 million shares of SBA common...
Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhone is making its way across the world, with reportedly more than 1 million sold in the first weekend, and AT&T Mobility spokesman Mark Siegel said the carrier couldn't be more thrilled. However, it doesn't look as though all AT&T Mobility...
Dear Editor,I'm curious as to why in your article about climbing deaths in the U.S, you chose to quote and interview the union. They have a very small market share of this work and of course are going to say derogatory things in order...
Despite ongoing government and industry efforts to improve safety, maintenance of mobile-phone and other communications towers continues to be the most hazardous work around. And because of the relatively small number of employees in the business compared to other industry sectors, tower climbing -...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Credit Suisse First Boston reduced its estimates on AT&T, saying the risks that it predicted in its telecom sector downgrade in February are beginning to...
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 couple years ago, starting your very own mobile virtual network operations company was a sizzling hot idea and everybody was trying to cash in. But now, two years and a slue of MVNO closings later, the idea has fizzled. With the shut downs...
Conservationists called for a freeze on all tower registrations and re-registrations until the Federal Communications Commission complies with environmental statutes at issue in a court ruling earlier this year, likely signaling no let-up in a long-running feud over how to protect migratory birds from...
