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Cell Tower Valuation Q and A

Getting an accurate cell tower valuation of what your cell phone tower or rooftop cellular site’s value should be worth is not as easy as talking to a real estate appraiser. Most real estate appraisers know nothing about vertical real estate. There are no databases of cell tower lease rates of surrounding towers or cell sites. That information is site…read more →

LightSquared Officially Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

As predicted LightSquared, the communications company who were set to team up with Sprint to create a 4G LTE network has filed for bankruptcy protection as of today. The company reported being in $2.29 Billion debt. The company’s Sprint deal however fell through leaving the company in serious debt and with no network to speak of. The company’s CEO Philip…read more →

The Morning Download: CIOs Who Provide a Tonic to the Business

The Morning Download cues up the most important news in business technology every weekday morning. Send us your tips, compliments and complaints. Good morning, and welcome back from a beautiful spring weekend, at least here in the Northeast. AstraZeneca‘s chief technology officer, Angela Yochem, argues that technology leaders are often in the best position to make connections between technology and the…read more →

LightSquared unable to use wireless spectrum due to interference with existing GPS devices

U.S. officials plan to kill a proposal to build a new national high-speed wireless network after concluding it would in some cases jam personal-navigation and other GPS devices. Skip to next paragraph The Federal Communications Commission sought comments Wednesday on revoking LightSquared’s permit after a federal agency that coordinates wireless signals, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, concluded that there’s no way…read more →

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China offers financial support to the fund that will be used for bailouts of the eurozone’s weakest economies. (MarketWatch) Greece is in the midst of what may be one of the deepest recessions on record. (Reuters) A firm that claims it owns rights to certain Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad features may try to ban exports of the device from China. (Reuters) A Reuters…read more →