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Exhibit 99.3


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For further information contact:

John R. Bailey
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
214/449-9244

    HEARTLAND CLOSES ANNOUNCED ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

     Dallas, Texas - February 27, 1996 - Heartland Wireless
Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq NMS -- HART) announced that it has
closed five transactions pursuant to which the Company has acquired
CableMaxx, Inc. (Nasdaq NMS -- CMAX) and American Wireless Cable
Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq Bulletin Board -- ASWY) together with
substantially all of the assets of Fort Worth Wireless Cable T.V.
Associates, Wireless Cable TV Associates #38 and certain of the
wireless cable television assets of Three Sixty Corp., formerly
TechniVision, Inc.  The closing of these transactions enhances
Heartland's strategic operating plan and further enables Heartland
to benefit from economies of scale.

     In connection with the five acquisitions, the Company issued
an aggregate of approximately 6.8 million shares of Heartland
Common Stock valued at approximately $180 million and assumed
approximately $20 million of obligations.  Through these
acquisitions, the Company acquired operating wireless cable systems
in Austin, Corpus Christi, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Temple/Killeen
and Waco, Texas, Dayton, Ohio and Minneapolis, Minnesota; the
wireless cable markets of Dallas, El Paso and Sherman/Denison,
Texas, Salt Lake City, Utah and Memphis, Tennessee; and wireless
cable channel rights in Amarillo, Athens and Lubbock, Texas and Los
Angeles, California.  These wireless cable markets combined
represent approximately 7.6 million line-of-sight households and
59,500 subscribers.

     In addition to the five acquisitions, the Company and CAI
Wireless Systems, Inc. ("CAI") (Nasdaq NMS -- CAWS) announced the
completion of the contribution of certain wireless cable assets and
related liabilities to CS Wireless Systems, Inc. ("CS Wireless"). 
The Company contributed to CS Wireless the wireless cable markets
of Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah;
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dayton, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Michigan;
Maysville and Sweet Springs, Missouri; and Napolean, Indiana.  CAI
contributed to CS Wireless the wireless cable markets of
Stockton/Modesto and Bakersfield, California; Cleveland, Ohio; and
Charlotte, North Carolina.  In return, the Company received from CS
Wireless approximately $28.3 million in cash, $40 million in notes,
and approximately 35% of the outstanding common stock of CS
Wireless.  CAI received approximately 55% of the outstanding common
stock of CS Wireless.  Bell Atlantic Corporation (NYSE -- BEL) and
NYNEX Corporation (NYSE -- NYN), through the BANX partnership,
received approximately 10% of the outstanding common stock of CS
Wireless.

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     The formation of CS Wireless, created a company with
approximately 5.7 million line-of-sight households and 55,000
subscribers.  CS Wireless has assembled an experienced management
team comprised of former CAI and Heartland executives with
significant experience in the wireless cable television industry. 
The Company believes that its equity interest in CS Wireless will
provide the Company greater purchasing power and improved access to
new MMDS technology and relationships.

     The net result of closing the five transactions, the
contribution of certain wireless cable markets and related
liabilities to CS Wireless and other planned dispositions, is that
Heartland acquired four operating wireless cable systems, two
wireless cable markets and wireless cable channel rights in three
markets for total net consideration of approximately $58 million. 
The acquired markets represent approximately 1,000,000 line-of-
sight households and 38,900 subscribers.

     Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc. develops, owns and
operates wireless cable television systems, primarily in small to
mid-size markets in the central United States.  The Company has
wireless cable rights in 79 markets, representing approximately 6.8
million line-of-sight households.  The Company's 79 markets include
35 markets with systems in operation, providing wireless cable
service to an aggregate of approximately 124,000 subscribers.  In
addition, the Company is the largest shareholder in Wireless One,
Inc. (Nasdaq NMS -- WIRL), the largest rural wireless cable
television operator in the southeastern United States, and holds a
35% equity interest in CS Wireless Systems, Inc., one of the
largest wireless cable television companies in the United States in
terms of subscribers and line-of-sight households.