Ken Schmidt

Steel in the Air, Inc.: A Look Back at Our First Decade

In 2004, when I started Steel in the Air, Inc., I believed there was an opportunity to assist landowners with…

13 years ago

Rebranding with a more visible and responsive online presence.

Steel in the Air is celebrating our tenth year anniversary this month with the launch of a new website -…

13 years ago

A True Win-Win: The Warriors for Wireless Initiative

Molly Cooper began her career in the tower industry at the bottom, literally climbing her way to the top -…

13 years ago

SITA Forecasts for 2014

In looking forward to 2014, I thought it might be helpful (and fun) to publish our top ten forecasts for…

13 years ago

American Tower Lease Extensions – DELAYED!

A good portion of our business comes from landowners who have received offers to extend their leases from the large…

13 years ago

Tristar Investors Lawsuit Against American Tower Corporation

On Feb 16,  2012, Tristar Investors sued American Tower Corporation alleging that American Tower had violated the Lanham Act, unfairly…

13 years ago

Biggest Issues for Small Cells: Leases and Backhaul

Alcatel-Lucent has created a database of 600,000 potential small cell sites.  They have coordinated with building owners, tower companies, cable…

13 years ago

Global Tower Partners is Up for Sale

  While we had heard about this previously, the news was not public until yesterday.   Reuters is reporting that MacQuarie…

13 years ago

Sprint LTE Upgrades

Sprint in their 2013 2nd Quarter earnings calls had some interesting things to say: … Sprint LTE UpgradesRead More »

13 years ago

Leap Wireless News: AT&T Wireless Acquires Leap Wireless (Cricket)

What does this wireless company merger mean to leaseholders? On July 12, 2013, AT&T announced plans to acquire LEAP Wireless (Cricket).…

13 years ago