Report: Crown Castle lead bidder for T-Mobile USA towers
Published reports indicate that T-Mobile USA’s plans to sell off its tower assets is moving forward, with Crown Castle International currently seen as the lead bidder. According to The Wall Street...
View ArticleSBA signs tower extension with T-Mobile USA
T-Mobile USA’s network upgrade plans continue to roll along as the carrier late last week reached an agreement with tower owner SBA Communications to extend lease agreements on approximately 2,800 cell...
View ArticleFeature Report: Mobile broadband rush propels Latin American infrastructure...
Even as LTE deployments begin in earnest, Latin American and Caribbean wireless carriers continue to focus investments on the expansion and improvement of 3G networks. Wi-Fi, femtocells, microwaves and...
View ArticleCrown Castle ponies up $2.4B for T-Mobile USA towers
Validating previous rumors, Crown Castle International reported today that it has agreed to lease 7,200 towers from T-Mobile USA for $2.4 billion. The deal will provide Crown Castle with exclusive...
View ArticlePCIA 2012: Positive financials spark M&A across tower space
ORLANDO, Fla. – The tower industry shares many similarities with its customer segment – wireless carriers – including the penchant for merger and acquisition activity. Recent history has seen a number...
View ArticleSpecial Report: Women to Watch in Wireless 2012
Meet a group of women who are emerging as thought leaders and innovators in the wireless ecosystem. By identifying new products and new opportunities for their companies, these women are building...
View ArticleKPN sells German towers to American Tower for $501 million
Dutch-based KPN is selling 2,000 of its mobile phone towers in Germany to American Tower for approximately $501 million. The Nov. 15 sales agreement is subject to approval by the German government....
View ArticleFeature Report: RCR Wireless News Capital Markets Update 2012
The sluggish recovery and the threat of the fiscal cliff make the capital markets uncertain territory, but the wireless industry has fared better than most in 2012. Venture capitalists have been ready...
View ArticleWebinar: The Benefits of Infrastructure Sharing
The webinar will address the operational and financial benefits of sharing wireless infrastructure. Specifically, participants will learn how operators can monetize non-core assets, save on future...
View ArticleSBA jumps into Brazilian tower market
SBA Communications jumped into the Brazilian tower market, announcing today the acquisition of 800 “freestanding” towers from an undisclosed mobile broadband provider for approximately $174 million....
View ArticleAmerican Tower to acquire Global Tower for $4.8B
Consolidation is set to strike the tower space as American Tower announced this morning plans to acquire smaller rival Global Tower Partners’ parent company Macquarie Infrastructure Partners Tower...
View ArticleCrown Castle looks for 2014 REIT move
Crown Castle International surprised some analysts by announcing this morning plans to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust by Jan. 1, 2014. “We are delighted to announce this plan for conversion...
View ArticleAT&T (again) reported to be looking at tower sale
AT&T looks to be the latest domestic operator attempting to raise some quick cash by selling off its tower assets. According to a Bloomberg report, the telecommunications giant is looking to unload...
View ArticleReport: Crown Castle close to AT&T tower deal
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – For the second year in a row, Crown Castle looks set to pull off a big deal with a wireless carrier as published reports indicate the tower giant was close to picking up tower assets...
View ArticlePCIA 2013: Tower execs bullish on growth, differ on details
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – To the surprise of few, leaders from the nation’s largest tower owners remain upbeat regarding the future of their market, citing the continued need for wireless carriers to feed the...
View ArticleAmerican Tower sees revenue boom from network upgrades
Buoyed by LTE rollouts, American Tower reported increasing revenues even as impacts from foreign currency caused a 22% slide in profits. Total revenue for the quarter was up 13% year-over-year to...
View ArticleSBA digs deeper into Brazil; picks up more than 2K sites from Oi for $645M
SBA Communications deepened its tower holdings in Brazil, announcing today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 2,007 wireless sites from that country’s largest telecommunications provider...
View ArticleTime Trippin’: AT&T drops T-Mobile USA bid; Cox drops wireless ambitions … 2...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit...
View ArticleSprint, T-Mobile US?: hurdles galore
Weekend reports that Sprint was looking at acquiring T-Mobile US stirred the pot, though most observers found the taste not quite to their liking. Following a report from The Wall Street Journal that...
View ArticleNII to sell towers in Brazil, Mexico to American Tower for $811M
NII Holdings announced a deal to sell approximately 2,790 towers in Brazil and 1,666 towers in Mexico to American Tower for approximately $811 million. The deal calls for NII, which operates under the...
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