Pinnacle Holdings provides wireless communications rental tower space in the southeastern US, including Atlanta; Birmingham, Alabama; New Orleans; and Orlando and Tampa, Florida. The company, which intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns about 650 towers, the majority of which it has gained through acquisitions. It has agreements to acquire nearly 200 more towers. Pinnacle leases its towers to wireless communications providers, operators of private networks, and government agencies. Its customers include Sprint, Motorola, SkyTel Communications, and the FBI. The company plans to continue to grow through acquisitions and new tower construction.  Additional Sources 
  Web Site: pinnacletowers.com
  Filing date: July 17, 1998 Expected IPO date: Week of Jan. 25
  Exchange: Nasdaq Proposed ticker: BIGT
  Proposed offer price: $14.00 to $16.00 Shares offered (mil.): 10.0 Offering amount (mil.): $202.5
  Underwriters: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter; Salomon Smith Barney; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC; Raymond James & Associates, Inc.  |