Ken Schmidt

2016 TV Whitespace Incentive Auction Update

While the dust settles from the recent record setting AWS-3 auction ($44 billion spent), the FCC is preparing to complete…

11 years ago

Wireless Carriers Need to Open Up

One industry analyst suggests that price-cutting will plummet wireless carriers down the slippery slope of bankruptcy - unless they start differentiating their…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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),…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago