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Since 2004, Steel in the Air has served over 3,000 clients, reviewed over 10,000 cellular leases and tracked over 2,000 lease buyout offers. We represent private landowners, corporate property owners and public entities in lease negotiations against wireless carriers and tower companies. We also consult on cell site and cell tower valuation and brokerage. Our cell tower and cell site database has grown to encompass over 285,000 cell site locations nationwide.

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Author: Ken Schmidt

Key Takeaways from American Tower (AMT) Q4 2015 Earnings Call

American Tower Corporation (AMT) provided its 4th Quarter 2015 earnings call this past week.  In reviewing the transcript, here are …

February 27, 2016 Ken Schmidt

American Tower Lease Extensions – DELAYED!

A good portion of our business comes from landowners who have received offers to extend their leases from the large …

December 4, 2013 Ken Schmidt

Tristar Investors Lawsuit Against American Tower Corporation

On Feb 16,  2012, Tristar Investors sued American Tower Corporation alleging that American Tower had violated the Lanham Act, unfairly …

December 4, 2013 Ken Schmidt

Biggest Issues for Small Cells: Leases and Backhaul

Alcatel-Lucent has created a database of 600,000 potential small cell sites.  They have coordinated with building owners, tower companies, cable …

December 4, 2013 Ken Schmidt

Consent Requests for Fiber Optic Cable

Building owners and tower ground leaseholders nationwide are being contacted on a regular basis by the wireless carriers and tower …

July 14, 2013 Ken Schmidt

Zayo Group and Md7 Proposes Rent Reductions to $0/mo.

In a bold effort, MD7 on behalf of Zayo Group sent a letter to a client of ours asking the …

November 2, 2012 Ken Schmidt

Afraid of Rocking the Boat: When to Build Your Own Tower

Rocking the Boat. A gentleman called us two days ago. He had been approached by a local tower company to …

March 2, 2012 Ken Schmidt

Individual Masquerading as Steel in the Air Employee

A woman from Virginia contacted us today and indicated that she had met a man who was passing himself off …

October 20, 2011 Ken Schmidt

Best Practices Guide for Lease Buyout/Optimization Companies

The article is written tongue in cheek- I was just feeling a little rambunctious today about the myriad of “strategies” that lease buyout companies, tower companies, lease optimization firms, and wireless carriers use to try to convince landowners to do something that is not in their best interest.

October 19, 2011 Ken Schmidt

When Stealthy Pine Trees Are Poorly Designed

9/23/15 Update: First of all, we’d like to mention that the term “Stealth” is a registered trademark of Stealth Towers. …

October 12, 2011 Ken Schmidt

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