Aloha Partners II

Aloha Partners II was formed in 2004 to take advantage of the growth in mobile data traffic in the United States. Currently, Aloha Partner II is the 12th largest owner of wireless spectrum in the U.S. Aloha Partners II owns Advanced Wireless Spectrum (AWS) which is concentrated in 12 of the top 50 markets including: San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville, Pittsburgh and San Antonio.

In 2004 Aloha Partners II purchased 15 licenses covering 36 million pops from the Federal Communications Commission in the Advanced Wireless Spectrum (AWS) auction. In 2007 and 2008 Aloha Partners II purchased an additional 37 AWS licenses covering 10 million pops from Nextwave Wireless. Today, Aloha Partners II has licenses that cover over 46 million people and nearly 600 million MHz pops.

Originally, Aloha Partners II had planned to build its own wireless broadband networks in these major metropolitan areas. However, the growth of Smartphones and mobile broadband-enabled laptops has been so dramatic that Aloha Partners II no longer believes that it has sufficient spectrum in its markets to meet the potential demand. As a result, Aloha Partners II will be considering partnering with existing wireless carriers to implement its strategy.

Mr. Townsend is President and CEO of Aloha Partners II. Aloha Partners II is the 12th largest owner of wireless spectrum in the United States. Aloha Partners II has wireless licenses in 12 of the top 50 markets; including San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Denver, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh. The Aloha Partners II strategy is to use its spectrum to provide high speed wireless internet service in major metropolitan areas throughout the U.S.

From 2002-2008, Mr. Townsend was the President and CEO of Aloha Partners. Aloha Partners was the largest owner of 700MHz spectrum in the United States until the spring of 2008 when it sold all its licenses to AT&T. Aloha pioneered using 700MHz for wireless Broadband in Phoenix in 2006. AT&T and Verizon followed Aloha’s lead with nationwide wireless Broadband expansions using 700MHz in 2010.

Mr. Townsend has served on the Board of Directors of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) from 1990 to the present and represented the small wireless operators on the CTIA Executive Committee from 1992 to 2009.  Mr. Townsend received the CTIA’s prestigious President’s award in 1998 and was Secretary of the CTIA from 2000-2001. 

Mr. Townsend was the founder and CEO of the Atlantic Cellular Company from 1989 - 1998. Atlantic Cellular grew to be the fourth largest cellular company in New England when it was sold. Atlantic Cellular was consistently recognized as one of New England’s fastest growing companies and was included in the INC 500 in 1995 and 1996.

Mr. Townsend holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Mr. Consigli is Vice President and Controller of Aloha Partners II. Aloha Partners II is the 12th largest owner of wireless spectrum in the United States  Aloha Partners II has wireless licenses in 12 of the top 50 markets; including San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Denver, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh.The Aloha Partners II strategy is to use its spectrum to provide high speed wireless internet service in major metropolitan areas throughout the U.S.

From 2002-2008, Mr. Consigli was Vice President and Controller of Aloha Partners. Aloha Partners was the largest owner of 700MHz spectrum in the United States until the spring of 2008 when it sold all its licenses to AT&T. Aloha pioneered using 700MHz for wireless Broadband in Phoenix in 2006. AT&T and Verizon followed Aloha’s lead with nationwide wireless Broadband expansions using 700MHz spectrum in 2010.

Mr. Consigli was Controller of the Atlantic Cellular Company from 1990 -1998. Atlantic Cellular grew to be the fourth largest cellular company in New England by 1998 when it was sold. Atlantic Cellular was consistently recognized as one of New England’s fastest growing companies and was included in the INC 500 in 1995 and 1996.

Mr. Consigli holds a B.S. from Fairfield University and an MBA from Bryant College.