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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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January 29, 2020 Ken Schmidt

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 …

January 29, 2020 Ken Schmidt
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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 …

September 13, 2019 Ken Schmidt

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 …

June 12, 2019 Ken Schmidt

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back; Verizon’s Small Cell Agreement with Syracuse

As a resident of the Syracuse area, I am excited to see Verizon and their interest to bring 5G via …

May 27, 2019 Ken Schmidt

Akron, OH May Sell Water Tower and Cell Tower Ground Leases

  The City of Akron has decided to sell its cell tower and water tower leases to Everest Infrastructure Partners. …

December 6, 2017 Ken Schmidt

Not So Fast- California Governor Vetoes Small Cell Bill.

Sunday night, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a contentious statewide small cell bill (SB649) which is one of many similar …

October 18, 2017 Ken Schmidt

Et Tu, Brute? Verizon Appears to Have Hired Accenture to Renegotiate Cell Tower Leases Using Same Tired Threats of Relocation

A municipal client, who has multiple public safety towers upon which Verizon is colocated, received a call and letter from …

July 28, 2017 Ken Schmidt
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City Says That If Mobilitie can Build a Tower in 2 Days, They Can Also Remove it in 2 Days.

You can't make this stuff up. Mobilitie allegedly erected a new mini-macro tower in Goliad, TX – which we posted …

May 10, 2017 Ken Schmidt
Sprint Proposed Canister Antennas

Sprint’s Really Odd Antenna Configuration Proposal

On one of our municipal client's towers, Sprint submitted a request to replace three existing antennas with new antennas that add 2.5GHz …

May 5, 2017 Ken Schmidt

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