Ken Schmidt

Crown Castle and Nextel Revenue Sharing

On a few occasions now, clients of ours with Crown Castle tower ground leases have received proposals to either purchase…

15 years ago

AT&T-T-Mobile Merger Impact on Tower Companies 2

A follow up story by the Wall Street Journal mentioned reports from American Tower and SBA who confirmed the number…

15 years ago

And Immediately They Pounce…

As landowners and tower owners just start to hear of the AT&T - T-Mobile merger news, the lease buyout firms…

15 years ago

Public Tower Company Exposure to AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

We went through the annual reports for 2009 for Crown Castle, American Tower, and SBA Communications to gauge which of…

15 years ago

lightRadio and the “End of Cell Towers”

Recently, Alcatel sent out a press release for their lightRadio cube that stated that "New Wireless Advances could mean the End of Cell Towers". …

15 years ago

Why is Clearwire Terminating My Lease- Part 2

A recent article about Clearwire in Wireless Week doesn't directly address lease terminations by Clearwire, but does suggest some reasons that…

15 years ago

Why is Clearwire Terminating My Lease?

Clearwire has been notifying landowners that they are terminating some leases. Here is what we believe is happening.

15 years ago

When People with Good Intentions Make Poor Decisions Out of Ignorance

A gentleman contacted me this past week, a bit upset in that his church board had decided to sell a…

15 years ago

Top 5 Puns Used by Newspaper Columnists About Cell Tower Hearings

Every week, we review hundreds of news stories from across the US to keep abreast on what is happening in…

16 years ago

Fox Guarding the Henhouse: Allentown and a Misguided RFP

An ill advised RFP by the City of Allentown, PA will save the city money in hiring a consultant but…

16 years ago