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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…

3 months 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,…

1 year ago

The Early Days of the Cell Tower Lease Buyout Business

During my early days in the wireless industry, while employed by a tower company, I worked alongside a site acquisition…

1 year ago

STEEL IN THE AIR’S 2023 PREDICTIONS FOR CELL TOWER LEASING AND VALUATION

2022 turned out to be a strong year for wireless activity.  Wireless capital expenditures were the highest in the last…

1 year ago

FCC Orders Landowner to Remove Abandoned Tower

In a surprise ruling, the FCC determined that a landowner was responsible for removing a 375’ guyed tower on their…

1 year ago

2024 Rural Cell Tower Lease Update – Steel in the Air

As we enter 2024, we thought it might be helpful to summarize what we have been seeing with new leases…

1 year ago

Update on 2022 in Wireless- analysis and expectations.

Now that we have passed the midpoint of 2023, we thought it might be helpful to share our observations from…

2 years ago

Q1 2022 State of the Industry Update from Ken

For anyone hoping that 2022 would slow down from 2021, that will not happen. We enjoyed a slight lull in…

2 years ago

Cell Tower Lease Revenue Share Hijinks

A client of ours has a ground lease with one of the Big three public tower companies. Instead of rent,…

2 years ago

5G Site Marketing: Scam or Opportunity?

One of the more disturbing trends in 2021 and early 2022 is the rise of the “5G site marketing companies.”…

2 years ago