After 18 months of community meetings and petitions, the county has approved the construction of a 155-foot T-Mobile cell tower in the Countryway neighborhood. ...more

May 28, 2008

COUNTRYWAY After 18 months of community meetings and petitions, the county has approved the construction of a 155-foot T-Mobile cell tower in the Countryway neighborhood. ...more

May 23, 2008

For almost two years Countryway residents have been battling for or against the placement of a 155-foot cell tower in their neighborhood. In less than 15 days, they will know whether the cell tower is in or out. ...more

May 3, 2008

Verizon Wireless introduced an unlimited calling plan for $99.99 a month Tuesday, a move quickly matched by AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA for a sequence that weighed down stock prices for all U.S. mobile carriers. ...more

February 20, 2008

Starbucks is joining AT&T to provide wireless Internet access in most of its U.S. stores. ...more

February 12, 2008

It's an undertaking city officials say has been well worth the wait. ...more

January 23, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - It's an undertaking city officials say has been well worth the wait. On Jan. 15, the Temple Terrace City Council unanimously approved a lease agreement with Verizon Wireless to fund and install a 150-foot cell tower on 1,305 square feet of city-owned property west of Fire Station No. 1 at 124 Bullard Parkway. ...more

January 22, 2008

It has been more than a year since the Countryway Home Owners Association accepted T-Mobile's proposal to build a cell phone tower in the neighborhood, and the tower is not up, yet. ...more

January 19, 2008

LAKE MARY – AT&T announced that it is expanding wireless coverage in Highlands County with the activation of a new cell site in Lorida. The new cell site, on Arbuckle Creek Road, is providing additional coverage in the new residential and business growth areas of Highlands County that are west of Sebring along U.S. 98 North. AT&T plans to add approximately 12 new cell sites in Central Florida in 2008. The company has invested more than $800 million in the Florida wireless network since 2005 to improve coverage and expand its 3G footprint, which, in Central Florida, includes Orlando and Lakeland. ...more

January 13, 2008

TAMPA – Police hope somebody will recognize the three men who beat and robbed a customer standing at a window of a Checkers restaurant at 1509 E. Fowler Ave. at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 15. ...more

November 29, 2007