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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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Sprint site redundancies and upgrades. Know what to watch out for.

Sprint is working with Nokia Networks (one of three network vendors) to upgrade its Spark program. This means adding two …

July 16, 2014 Ken Schmidt

U.S. Carrier Aggregation and Capital Expenditure

Carrier aggregation is a complex technology, to say the least, however the goal is relatively easy to understand. The basic …

June 15, 2014 Ken Schmidt

Rural Deployment is all the Rage this Coming Year. Here’s Why

In recent months, there have been a number of merger rumors and announcements between various wired and wireless telecom companies.  …

June 6, 2014 Ken Schmidt

Sprint LTE Upgrades

Sprint in their 2013 2nd Quarter earnings calls had some interesting things to say:

August 4, 2013 Ken Schmidt

Cell Site Lease Offers from the Carriers: Average Lease Rate Examined

Which carrier pays the most for their leases on a general basis? To answer this question, Steel in the Air …

July 24, 2013 Ken Schmidt

The Fate of Clearwire’s Existing Long Term Evolution (LTE) Network Clearwire LTE Plans

Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ CLWR) is a leading provider of fourth generation, or 4G, wireless broadband services.  Clearwire owns the rights …

May 28, 2013 Ken Schmidt

Sprint’s Questionable Addition of Clearwire Antennas

Sprint appears to be attempting to add Clearwire to its existing rooftop sites without telling the landowner about it. This may represent a breach of the underlying lease agreement.

July 27, 2010 Ken Schmidt

How Boost Unlimited will Help Sprint but Hurt the Wireless Industry

While it may be hard to tell, Sprint PCS (S) is finally turning the corner. Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint, …

January 18, 2009 Ken Schmidt

Wireless Capital Partners tells Landowners of Sprint/Nextel Credit Problems.

So today, two separate clients who are considering cell site lease buyouts from Wireless Capital Partners received emails from their …

May 2, 2008 Ken Schmidt

Sprint/Nextel & T-Mobile Merger in the Works?

Analysts from Merrill Lynch suggested earlier this month that T-Mobile may be in a position to acquire Sprint Nextel. Here …

March 22, 2008 Ken Schmidt

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