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
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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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Our 2022 Predictions for the Wireless Industry
Steel in the Air’s 2022 Predictions for Cell Tower Leasing and Valuation While 2021 certainly impacted many industries negatively, the
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Hey Wireless Industry- This is the Right Way to Request a Cell Tower Modification
We regularly review requests from carriers for cell tower lease modifications on our client’s structures and towers. One of the hurdles we
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