Towers

Cable & Wireless Rick Kimsey joined Cable & Wireless as the company’s new chief executive officer for the Caribbean. In addition, Leonardo de Barros, the current chief operating officer for the Caribbean, will consolidate his activities into his roles as …

L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Corp. announced they might offer GSM products for the 450 MHz band. The move-albeit somewhat delayed-is an attempt to provide a GSM alternative to CDMA offerings in the 450 MHz range. Several carriers in European and …

WASHINGTON-A Texas law firm said it filed a class-action lawsuit against Sprint Nextel Corp. on behalf of thousands of landowners in the state. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Kansas, claims Sprint Nextel used exclusive electricity transmission towers …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission ruled to clear the backlog of antenna-siting applications subject to a nationwide programmatic agreement designed to elicit dialogue among tower owners, mobile-phone carriers, Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations of proposed tower construction covered by …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission ruled to clear the backlog of antenna-siting applications subject to a nationwide programmatic agreement designed to elicit dialogue among tower owners, mobile-phone carriers, Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations of proposed tower construction covered by …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

WASHINGTON-A Texas law firm said it filed a class-action lawsuit today against Sprint Nextel Corp. on behalf of thousands of landowners in the state. The suit, filed in federal district court in Kansas, claims Sprint Nextel used exclusive electricity transmission …

Tower giant Crown Castle International Corp. said it’s considering whether it should hang onto its 77.6-percent ownership in Crown Castle Australia, which is Australia’s largest tower operator with 1,387 towers. CCI has asked UBS Investment Bank to act as its …

Verizon Wireless is expected to launch a streaming television service early next year using a network being deployed by tower company Crown Castle International Corp. Verizon Wireless currently offers a streaming service through its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO powered Vcast service …

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-Com, a division of Tyco International Ltd., will build a unified public-safety communications system for the State of New York in a $2 billion 20-year contract. The system, being built with General Dynamics Corp. and Alcatel Corp., will allow …

WASHINGTON-After doing an about-face and agreeing to clear a backlog of siting applications held up at the Federal Communications Commission, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said he has been unable to shape a compromise. The wireless industry increasingly has been concerned …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said wireless complaints dropped in the second quarter, a shift the agency attributed to a reduction in consumer gripes about billing and rates. At the same time, the FCC said wireless consumer complaints increased in other …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said wireless complaints dropped in the second quarter, a shift the agency attributed to a reduction in consumer gripes about billing and rates. At the same time, the FCC said wireless consumer complaints increased in other …

Startup Roundbox today announced $8 million in its first round of venture funding, news that coincides with the company’s emergence from stealth mode. Headed by executives from Dynamicsoft, Flarion Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp., Roundbox is positioning itself directly within …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks Inc. reported that BellSouth Corp. has launched a wireless broadband trial in Athens, Ga., using Navini’s pre-WiMAX Ripwave equipment to transmit signals between local radio towers and non-line-of-sight desktop modems. The network uses BellSouth’s licensed BRS and …

RESTON, Va.-Tower company Global Signal Corp. signed an agreement with Wireless Matrix Corp. and Stratos Global Corp. for 3,500 SDX 1100 wireless data terminals that Global Signal will use for remote data monitoring at its sites. The units will replace …

Wireless carriers continued the arduous task of repairing networks in the Gulf Coast region hit hard by Hurricane Katrina last month, though few operators have released financial details of the repairs. The federal government noted last week that it could …

Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Strigl sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin updating the commission on the carrier’s progress in restoring services to areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. Strigl said the carrier has …

Alltel Corp. is taking a slow and steady approach to integrating its recently acquired Western Wireless Corp. assets. The company is expected only to make minor changes through the end of this year and wait on major initiatives until next …

Most wireless communications towers were able to remain at least upright through Katrina’s wrath. Power and telecommunications facilities sustained widespread damage from water in some of the hardest-hit areas, but for the most part, the towers themselves weathered the storm …

After the line from the ’80s movie “Wall Street”-“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good”-insider trading got a bad rap. In that movie, Charlie Sheen’s character was arrested for making money off insider information. However, there are actually …

Looking for clarity amid the chaos caused by Hurricane Katrina is like looking for the needle in the proverbial haystack. In the race to restore telecom service to the affected areas, should one carrier be praised and another reprimanded for …

The wireless industry continues to struggle with service outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast region when it came ashore Aug. 29, but by late last week, carriers appeared to be making some progress. News …

Wireless carriers continue to struggle with service outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast region when it came ashore Monday morning. News reports indicate that wireless services are severed completely in many communities due to …

DENVER-While much attention at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International show last week in Denver was given to interoperability, at least one inventor was pushing something else. Though his technology is not new, Joe Miller’s digital magnetic frequency transmissions …