GAO Report Say AT&T’s FirstNet Ahead of Schedule, but User Experience Varies
In terms of deliverables for FirstNet, AT&T seems to be ahead on most accounts. The chart below shows their progress …
Do Not Give Future Consent to Crown Castle (or any tower company)
What is “future consent” you might ask? It is when a tower company asks for consent before they actually need …
American Tower and Home Developer Can’t Come to An Agreement Regarding Two Cell Towers
American Tower has two cell towers on a piece of property in Batavia, IL. A home developer appears to have …
Pros and Cons of Having A Cell Tower on Your Property
Have you been approached to place a cell tower on your property, or have you recently acquired a property that …
Verizon Adds CBRS to Macrocell- Mischaracterizes New Antennas as Radios
Verizon’s site acquisition agent reached out to our client to propose a “swap of (9) existing radios with (9) new …
T-Mobile Sprint Merger Backup Plan?
One of our municipal clients has a water tower with T-Mobile and Sprint on it. T-Mobile has proposed to add …
Remember When Sprint Only Had 12 Employees? I don’t.
One of the joys of being on this side of the business is the relationships we form with landowners- both …
Seem Like Offers to Buy or Extend Your Cell Tower Lease Are Getting Better?
Coupled with low cost of capital and their recent conversions to REITs, tower companies have every incentive to convert leases (long term operating expense) to easements (upfront capital expenditure).