Ken Schmidt

T-Mobile Wants to Triple the Size of Your Rooftop Cell Site — Should You Let Them?

Case Study: T-Mobile Wants to Triple Your Rooftop Cell Site — Should You Let Them? A client of ours recently…

3 weeks ago

Are Top Cell Tower Lease Consultant Awards Real?

Short answer: almost never. Longer answer below, because if you're a landowner trying to figure out whether the consultant you're…

1 month ago

SITA’s Good and Bad for 2025

Good and Bad for 2025Rather than the usual brag-fest, here's what actually happened in 2025—the good, the bad, and the…

2 months ago

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)…

5 months ago

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,…

7 months ago

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…

9 months ago

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…

9 months ago

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 about cell…

1 year ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago