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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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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

Top 10 Things the Wireless Industry Doesn’t Tell You about Small Cells

By Ken Schmidt, Omar Masry, and Rick Edwards Are you a homeowner who's recently received a notice indicating that a …

April 11, 2017 Ken Schmidt

Immaculate Cellular Reception: How Cell Phones Work at the Big Game

  The Super Bowl LI fans streaming into NRG Stadium in Space City expect to witness a game-winning touchdown that …

January 31, 2017 Ken Schmidt

Is T-Mobile intentionally “throttling data” or just feeding the beast?

YouTube spokesperson said today that T-Mobile’s new BingeOn video streaming service, which it offers to subscribers for free, is interfering …

December 23, 2015 Ken Schmidt

T-Mobile’s BingeOn™ Lemonade Stand Satiates Shareholder Thirst

1. At heart, it’s all about network anti-congestion strategies. We’ve got to hand it to T-Mobile – they’ve been trying …

December 6, 2015 Ken Schmidt

Why Google’s MVNO “Nova” is just what the Wireless Industry Needs

Google has signed a deal with Sprint’s CEO Masayoshi Son, and is in negotiations with T-Mobile, to launch a Mobile …

February 2, 2015 Ken Schmidt

Should licensed (proprietary Wi-Fi) be favored over unlicensed (public) Wi-Fi?

In August, Marriott, along with the American Hotel and Lodging Association, petitioned the FCC to clarify whether hoteliers have the …

January 7, 2015 Ken Schmidt

T-Mobile’s VoWiFi is more than just a band-aid. It’s strategic.

The Big Four Wireless Carriers (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile) are in the business of churning customers from another service …

October 3, 2014 Ken Schmidt

Cable operators are rapidly deploying Wi-Fi hotspots resulting in a decrease in WSP’s ARPU.

The driving force behind this is the monetization of video-based demand, which relies on providing consumers the best user experience …

September 30, 2014 Ken Schmidt

Uncarrier 7.0 – Yay or Nay?

T-Mobile’s solution to capacity issues (eg: too many people placing heavy demands on the network)?  Free femtocell coverage aka “Uncarrier …

September 30, 2014 Ken Schmidt

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