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Article: Cross Country: we have L.A. wireless market. (Cross Country Wireless Inc.; wireless cable television)
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- June 27, 1994
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By cutting deals for channel space with a group of educational organizations, Cross Country Wireless Inc. asserted that it controls the wireless market in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles-based Cross Country, which owns and operates a 42,000-subscriber wireless system in Riverside, Calif., announced that it has lease agreements for 30 channels.
The deals represent 22 channels from a transmission tower serving half of the Los Angeles market and eight from a tower serving the rest of the market. Lowell Hussey, COO of Cross Country, said the wireless outfit -- which will digitally compress its channels before launching in Los Angeles in late 1995 -- needs at least 20 ...