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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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Category: Cell Tower and Cell Site Development

Online Training On RF Radiation That Everyone Can Understand

Radio Frequency energy or RF has been in the news and is not likely to go away. Between 5G and …

July 29, 2020 Ken Schmidt

What We Found Most Interesting in American Tower’s Q1 2020 Earnings Call.

American Tower announced earnings earlier this week and we reviewed their earnings call transcript to get a better feel about …

May 1, 2020 Ken Schmidt

Our Wireless Forecasts For 2020

January 29, 2020 Ken Schmidt
Map of cell tower and parcel annexation

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

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 …

September 5, 2019 Ken Schmidt

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 …

June 4, 2019 Ken Schmidt

Small Cell Leasing For Municipal Electric Utilities and Coops After State Small Cell Legislation

A few weeks ago I gave a presentation to the Florida Municipal Electric Association, that I reworked here to make …

August 15, 2018 Ken Schmidt

Our Predictions for the Wireless (and Wired) Industries in 2018

Every year, we put together our prognostications for the coming year. This year, we are obviously a little late – …

March 20, 2018 Ken Schmidt

What’s Happened So Far in Wireless in 2017?

As we look back over the first half of 2017, there has been much non-activity on the merger front. Many …

September 20, 2017 Ken Schmidt

Another option for small cell poles- not that pretty- but quick and cheap to deploy.

With small cells, there is an ongoing controversy about the cost of the small cell infrastructure vs. the aesthetic impact …

August 10, 2017 Ken Schmidt

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