Berliner Communications Acquires Southern Cross Communications.

ELMWOOD PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 1998--

BCI gains strong presence in Southeast with acquisition of

well-established wireless construction firm

Berliner Communications Inc. (BCI), a nationwide RF engineering, site acquisition, project management, and construction company for the telecommunications industry, has acquired Southern Cross Communications Inc., a nine-year-old wireless construns will continue to operate in the region under the name BCI Southeast, a newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Berliner Communications Inc. Southern Cross Communications principals, Mal Harris and Jim Arnette, as well as their staff, te join our management team," says Rich Berliner, president of Berliner Communications Inc. "This type of acquisition, as with our acquisition earlier this year of Wireless Systems Consulting (WSC), reflect the type of acquisition BCI continues to seek out in support of our vertical integration strategy and nationwide presence. BCI now has the capital in place and the support of Wall Street to build this type of business in response to changing telecom carrier requirements."

Berliner Communications, Inc., formed in 1995, is a vertically integrated supplier of strategic services and solutions covering all phases of wireless network d