SITA’s Good and Bad for 2025
Good and Bad for 2025 Rather than the usual brag-fest, here’s what actually happened in 2025—the good, the bad, and
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Between a DAS and a Hard Place: Chilmark’s Difficult Legal Reality
The current situation on Martha’s Vineyard is a textbook example of what happens when an ODAS (Outdoor Distributed Antenna System)
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DISH Wireless Lease Excuse Letter
In October 2025, Steel in the Air obtained a letter sent by DISH Wireless LLC to a rooftop landlord’s attorney,
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Edge Data Centers at Tower Sites: The High Bar and the Real Opportunity
Over the last decade, we’ve heard plenty of talk about how cell tower sites would be perfect locations for edge
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Dish Network’s Wireless Exit Strategy and Its Impact on Lease Valuation
For the past several years, Dish Network’s entry into the wireless carrier business has been a perplexing saga of big
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Why Lease Buyout Companies Buy Cell Tower Leases
By Ken Schmidt | Steel in the Air One of the most frequent questions we get from leaseholders is “Why
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Is Verizon Selling Towers?
Recent news reports have confirmed that Verizon has engaged a third-party advisor to evaluate the sale of its remaining cell
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US Cellular Possible Acquisition by T-Mobile or Verizon
Impact of T-Mobile and Verizon’s Potential Acquisition of U.S. Cellular on Cell Tower Landowners and Owners Introduction The telecommunications landscape
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Is the Rivalry Intensifying Among Major Tower Companies? A Look at Recent Events Suggests It Might Be.
In a telling shift, AT&T recently relocated a cell site from an American Tower Corp. (ATC) site to a Crown
Steel in the Air’s 2024 Cell Tower Industry Predictions
As we do every year, we like to make predictions about the year ahead. (It’s near the end of March,
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