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NTelos Selling Assets – to What End?
NTelos, a regional wireless operator, serving 270K subscribers in VA and WV, sold the last of its cell towers to a private equity firm last
Comparing Large Tower Company Deals
With the recently announced sale of Verizon’s 11,000+ towers to American Tower, we thought it would be interesting to compare the fundamental details of each
Is Dish Playing Roulette?
FCC Commission Ajit Pai says Dish Network has made “a mockery” of the FCC’s small business discount program that gave $25% discounts to qualifying businesses
T-Mobile Leaseholders Can Expect Equipment Modification Requests
T-Mobile spent $1.8 billion on nationwide spectrum licenses in the recent AWS-3 auction. While just 1/10 that of Verizon ($10.4B), and even less that of
Advice to Cities on Small Cell Agreements
Steel in the Air recently completed a workshop for a major metropolitan city regarding its small call policy. The City had been contacted by one Big
Comparison of Large Tower Company and Wireless Carrier Tower Deals
We compiled a comparison of the three most recent wireless carrier tower company deals. It is important to note that these numbers aren’t exact. For
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 Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) service
What Cities Should Know Before Entering into Small Cell Master Lease Agreements
SITA recently held a workshop for a major metropolitan city regarding its small call infrastructure deployment policy. Here are some points that we covered and would like to
Most Influential Events in 2014
1. Sprint/ T-Mobile Deal Collapse In May 2014, Sprint formalized its intent to acquire T-Mobile from Deutsche Telecom. If the union had met with approval
Top Forecasts for 2015
1. Verizon’s Tower Sale Will Set the Market Verizon recently hired an investment bank to help sell its tower assets. Macquarie Securities Analyst Kevin Smithen