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Craig McCaw (b. August 11, 1949 in Centralia, Washington), is a Seattle-area billionaire who made his fortune as a pioneer in the cellular phone industry. He is the founder of McCaw Cellular (now part of Cingular) and the chairman of Teledesic. Image File history File links Craig_McCaw_-_NSTAC_-_June_2001. ...
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2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: June 5-June 9 - Houston, Texas is devastated by flooding when Tropical Storm Allison dumps 36 inches of rain on the city. ...
August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
Centralia is a city located in Lewis County, Washington. ...
City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area - Total - Land - Water - % water 369. ...
A billionaire is a person who has a net worth or wealth of or more than one billion United States dollars or euros. ...
Cellular redirects here. ...
McCaw Cellular is based in Redmond, WA Categories: Substubs ...
Cingular Wireless is the largest United States mobile phone company, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ...
Teledesic was a 1990s proposal to build a commercial broadband satellite constellation for Internet services. ...
Youth and the cable TV industry
McCaw's father J. Elroy was a broadcasting magnate, in the business of buying and selling TV and radio stations which brought in wealth, but also incurred significant debts. In the 1960s, Elroy McCaw had entered the cable television realm, and his four sons worked as linemen and door-to-door salesmen. individually-donated time and energy direct government payments or operation indirect government payments, such as radio and television licenses grants from foundations or business entities selling advertising or sponsorship public subscription or membership fees charged to all owners of TV sets or radios, regardless of whether they intend to receive...
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The outrageously crowded Woodstock festival epitomized the popular antiwar movement of the 60s. ...
Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ...
Door to Door is the sixth and final studio album by American new wave band The Cars, released in 1987. ...
When McCaw's father died, the only company not sold to repay the debt was the small Centralia cable company (est. 2-4K subscribers), which was in trust. After his senior year at Stanford, Craig took the helm of the cable company and set out to rebuild his family name. Craig McCaw used the cash flows from his growing cable company to purchase other remote cable companies, and turned the resulting conglomerate profitable. By the 1980s, McCaw Cable Vision was the 20th largest cable carrier in the United States. MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...
Cellular telephone industry When the FCC lotteried off cellular licenses in the early 1980s, many ordinary Americans got rich by winning the right to establish cellular systems in cities across America. In addition to entering the lottery himself, McCaw approached many other lottery winners and bought their cellular rights, which were already considered to be undervalued. Using the same tactic he'd used in cable TV, McCaw financed an aggressive cellular expansion by borrowing against and selling shares in the cable operation. Through continued borrowing and smart management of only the most useful licenses, this wireless land grab put McCaw's operation in the position of a competitive nationwide cellular carrier before the incumbent landline telephone industry took serious notice in the field. The FCCs official seal. ...
MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with fixed phone. ...
After acquiring MCI's cellular wing in 1986, the McCaw brothers sold the cable company to Cooke Cablevision (now part of Comcast). The combined cellular operation was a significant player in the field. In 1990, McCaw was the highest paid CEO in the United States. MCIs original corporate logo MCI Communications was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Comcast Corporation, (NASDAQ: CMCSA) based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest cable company and the largest broadband (second overall) Internet service provider in the United States. ...
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...
In 1994, the McCaw brothers sold McCaw Cellular to AT&T for over $13 billion. The company was renamed AT&T Wireless. AT&T Wireless was sold to Cingular in 2004 to become the nation's largest wireless carrier. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...
This article describes the present AT&T Inc. ...
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. ...
Cingular Wireless is the largest United States mobile phone company, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Wireless is an old-fashioned term for a radio receiver, referring to its use as a wireless telegraph; now the term is used to describe modern wireless connections such as in cellular networks and wireless broadband Internet. ...
Later ventures Later that same year, the McCaw brothers founded NEXTLINK Communications, planning to enter the broadband and internet service provider market. In 2000, the company merged with Concentric Communications and was renamed XO Communications. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2002. Broadband in general electronics and telecommunications is a term which refers to a signal or circuit which includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies. ...
An Internet service provider (ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. ...
XO Holdings, Inc. ...
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
Also in 1994, McCaw and Bill Gates teamed up to form Teledesic, with an ambitious plan to form a broadband satellite communications system with nearly 300 low earth orbit satellites. In 2002, Teledesic halted satellite production; and in 2003, it sold its spectrum licenses. The company has since severely scaled back its plans. McCaw serves as Teledesic's chairman. He also heads wireless ISP Clearwire [1]. This article is about one of the founders of Microsoft. ...
Teledesic was a 1990s proposal to build a commercial broadband satellite constellation for Internet services. ...
A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). ...
A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit in which objects such as satellites are below intermediate circular orbit (ICO) and far below geostationary orbit, but typically around 350 - 1400 km above the Earths surface. ...
Legend: γ = Gamma rays HX = Hard X-rays SX = Soft X-Rays EUV = Extreme ultraviolet NUV = Near ultraviolet Visible light NIR = Near infrared MIR = Moderate infrared FIR = Far infrared Radio waves: EHF = Extremely high frequency (Microwaves) SHF = Super high frequency (Microwaves) UHF = Ultrahigh frequency VHF = Very high frequency HF = High frequency...
An Internet service provider (ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. ...
Clearwire is a broadband Internet service provider (ISP) that uses a wireless signal in the 2. ...
As owner of Eagle River Holdings, Inc. McCaw has major stakes in Nextel Communications and ICO Communications. NEXTEL Communications (NASDAQ: NXTL) is a telecommunications firm based in the United States which provides a national mobile communications system. ...
ICO Satellite Management, LLC, formerly ICO Global Communications, plans to offer S-band mobile satellite services (MSS) via a satellite in geostationary orbit and auxiliary ground-based relays. ...
Mr. McCaw is married to Mrs. Susan Rasinski McCaw, the current United States Ambassador to Austria.
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