Ken Schmidt

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

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…

2 years ago

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,…

2 years ago

Examining the Objectivity of Surveys/Polls for Private Networking

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of studies commissioned by system integrators and OEM vendors claiming that in-building…

2 years ago

Which US Tower Companies Were Most Active in Jan. 2024?

  We examined applications for environmental notice to the FCC for the last month.  Here are the companies that have…

2 years ago

Will Satellites Replace Cell Towers? Unpacking Black Dot’s Claims.

Recently, Black Dot (a cell tower lease optimization company) has been contacting landowners with a new slick produced video where…

2 years ago

PREPAID CELL TOWER LEASES AND EASEMENTS – WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in offers to landowners to "pre-pay" cell tower leases with a single…

2 years ago

Number of Cell Towers and Small Cells in the United States in 2023

The Wireless Infrastructure Association recently issued a white paper that included their estimates of the number of macrocells, cell towers,…

3 years ago

Verizon Finds Landowners Don’t Like ROFR Clauses- So They Rebrand Them.

The wireless carriers are actively seeking to add right-of-first-refusal clauses (ROFR) to their new and extended cell site lease agreements. …

4 years ago