Or Craig O. McCaw, the cellular telephone pioneer who owns the 193-foot Calixe and is scheduled to take delivery of a 300-plus-foot yacht by the end of the year.

The satellite technology, proposed by Craig O. McCaw, the cellular telephone pioneer, would involve the launching of 800 satellites to orbit several hundred miles above the earth.

Charles Jasper Glidden (August 29, 1857 - September 11, 1927) was an American telephone pioneer, financier and supporter of the automobile in the United States.

Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr., (1846-1931), businessman, telephone pioneer.

Other partners in the $9 billion effort include William H. Gates, the Microsoft chairman; Craig McCaw, the cellular telephone pioneer, and Boeing.

Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. (9 December 1846 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - 18 March 1931) Businessman, telephone pioneer.

Financed largely by Motorola Inc. and Craig O. McCaw, the cellular telephone pioneer, Nextel now serves more than 5.5 million subscribers.

Thomas Doolittle, another telephone pioneer, helped create both the first telephone booth (in Bridgeport in 1878) and the copper wiring still used in telephone lines today.

Motorola is preparing to build this constellation with the backing of Boeing, William H. Gates of Microsoft and Craig McCaw, the cellular telephone pioneer.

Raymond A. Heising (August 10, 1888 - January 1965) was an American radio and telephone pioneer.