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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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Opinion: Stories of small cell application agreements failure between carriers and cities are too often part of the wireless lobby efforts (in the media) to maintain profit margins.

This type of fluff pieces provide no actual statistical data on how most cities treat applications for small cells instead relies …

April 11, 2018 Ken Schmidt

AT&T Wins FirstNet but TowerCos are the Real Winners

FirstNet Award to AT&T Confirmed: Checks Confirm Amendment Activity before Official Announcement Tickers: T, AMT, CCI, SBAC Tags: Ken Schmidt, …

March 30, 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 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

Apple’s New Geofencing App is a Micro-Manager’s Dream

Geofencing is a technique that compares multiple subsequent scans to establish boundaries that are tagged as “crossed” while a user …

July 2, 2014 Ken Schmidt

Apple iPhone- Impact on Cellular Networks

A little over 1 month ago, I purchased the iPhone 3G. This post is an admission that until I did …

September 15, 2008 Ken Schmidt

The Next Frontier: Consumer Electronic Devices with Cellular Connections

In a seeming nod to the potential of an open access network for consumer devices, Verizon has announced that it …

December 3, 2007 Ken Schmidt

Google will Prosper in an Era of Disruptive Change in Media (and Wireless Telecommunications)

My apologies to Bruce Benson from FTI Consulting for ripping off the title of his fascinating white paper entitled- “Couch …

July 20, 2007 Ken Schmidt

T-Mobile offers WIFI/Cellular dual mode phone

According to a New York Times article on WIFI enabled cell phones (and many other articles of similar nature), T-Mobile …

July 7, 2007 Ken Schmidt

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