Towers

At long last, the tower deal causing months of speculation is etched on the record books. Global Signal Inc. has won the exclusive rights to lease or operate more than 6,600 towers from Sprint PCS for 32 years, sending Global’s …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Like other major tower operators, Global Signal Inc. said it plans to release its fourth-quarter and year-end 2004 financial results March 10. The decision followed a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission calling for a change in lease …

SAROSTA, Fla.-Like other major tower operators, Global Signal Inc. said it plans to release its fourth-quarter and year-end 2004 financial results March 10. The decision followed a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission calling for a change in lease …

The top two tower operators, Crown Castle International and American Tower Corp., plan to make non-cash adjustments to their financial statements in light of a Feb. 7 Securities and Exchange Commission letter. The two operators plan to release their quarterly …

Building the network for a single-service protocol provided its own challenges. GSM, despite its worldwide acceptance, had to work out a profitable model. That compelled carriers to determine what kind of base stations to deploy, how many towers to install …

Two U.S. wireless carriers made changes to previously announced exchange offers, with one company suspending its offer. Regional wireless operator Dobson Communications Corp. said it has filed a “pre-effective” amendment to its registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange …

SAN FRANCISCO-Sprint PCS may be near selling its tower business to Global Signal Inc. for $1.2 billion, according to press speculations. The deal, which entails up to 6,500 towers, is expected to be announced today. Global Signal has been one …

Although only two teams will line up on the field Sunday for the grand culmination of the professional football season, multiple players will participate in Super Bowl XXXIX in one wireless capacity or another. Verizon Wireless upgraded cell sites and …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has upgraded cell sites and installed a pair of cell sites on wheels near Jacksonville, Fla.’s Alltel Stadium ahead of this weekend’s Super Bowl, which is expected to attract more than 73,000 people to the …

WASHINGTON-As expected, CTIA has told a federal appeals court it wants it to throw out the nationwide programmatic agreement recently entered into by the Federal Communications Commission, the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Conference of State …

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it had a robust first quarter with a 15-percent sales increase. It had $474.1 million in sales compared with $410.8 million in the year-ago period. Its net income was $14.6 million, or 9 cents per …

WASHINGTON-Homeland security-as an overarching national policy and an omnipresent mindset created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks-has been a mixed blessing for a wireless industry which already had a good thing going generating hundreds of billions …

WASHINGTON-Several Supreme Court justices appeared not to buy arguments that municipalities are liable for attorneys’ fees and damages when they lose antenna-siting court cases. The case has huge monetary and indirect policy implications, but it will not settle the divisive …

Sprint PCS tower assets are creating industry buzz again as the carrier affirmed it is talking with potential buyers. With its 6,200 towers up for sale, Sprint seems poised to get enough money to fund its merger with Nextel Communications …

WASHINGTON-Several Supreme Court justices today appeared not to buy arguments that municipalities are liable for attorneys’ fees and damages when they lose antenna-siting court cases. The case has huge monetary and indirect policy implications, but it will not settle the …

WASHINGTON-A U.K. health group said there is no solid evidence mobile phones pose health risks, but recommended cell-phone use by children and others be minimized and urged the public to take a precautionary approach to wireless calling as additional research …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday is expected to hear oral argument as it decides whether a city has to pay attorney fees if it loses a tower-siting case. Mark Abrams, an SMR operator, wanted to use a 54-foot antenna on …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services placed its ratings on American Tower Corp. on CreditWatch with positive implications. S&P said American Tower, which has a B- corporate credit rating, had $3.2 billion of total debt outstanding at the end of …

WASHINGTON-A U.K. health group today said there is no solid evidence mobile phones pose health risks, but recommended cell-phone use by children and others be minimized and urged the public to take a precautionary approach to wireless calling as additional …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it improved its Tower Construction Notification System and set up an e-mail account for other contacts with Native American tribes. The Tower Construction Notification System (TCNS) is an interactive, log-in and password-protected system that depends …

Even as it begins serious deployments of third-generation technologies, the wireless industry is hedging its bets on next-generation technology. Since W-CDMA and CDMA2000 someday may reach their tethers, some industry players are eyeing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing -OFDM-as the next …

With carriers focusing on network efficiency, tower companies are not expected to yield any immediate benefits from the anticipated merger between Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc., according to analysts. In a few years, however, SpectraSite Inc. may reap some …

Global Signal Inc. said its board of directors has increased its cash dividend for the fourth quarter to 40 cents per share of common stock from 37 cents in the third quarter of 2004. The dividend is payable Jan. 20. …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. said its board of directors has increased its cash dividend for the fourth quarter to 40 cents per share of common stock from 37 cents in the third quarter of 2004. The dividend is payable Jan. …

Nortel Networks Ltd. has set Jan. 10, 2005, as the date it will file the unaudited statements for 2003 as well as the first and second quarters of 2004. The wireless vendor also said it plans to update the world …