T-Mobile Sprint Merger Backup Plan?
One of our municipal clients has a water tower with T-Mobile and Sprint on it. T-Mobile has proposed to add antennas and equipment with Band
June 12, 2019
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Will T-Mobile/Sprint’s Merger Plan for 5G Home Broadband Work without Significantly Higher Capex?
The 3/6/19 FCC Filing by T-Mobile attempts to recharacterize how the merger “benefits” the consumer by expanding fixed or nomadic wireless broadband service. The filing
April 8, 2019
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Opinion: Stories of small cell application agreements failure between carriers and cities are too often part of the wireless lobby efforts (in the media) to maintain profit margins.
This type of fluff pieces provide no actual statistical data on how most cities treat applications for small cells instead relies upon anecdotal examples from isolated
April 11, 2018
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The main points non-technical reporters get wrong about 5G
I find it fascinating how non-technical reporters (for example An Investor’s Primer: 5G, the Internet of Things, and Augmented/Virtual Reality and 5G Wireless Will Redraw the
March 29, 2018
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Our Predictions for the Wireless (and Wired) Industries in 2018
Every year, we put together our prognostications for the coming year. This year, we are obviously a little late – primarily because the beginning of
March 20, 2018
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Not So Fast- California Governor Vetoes Small Cell Bill.
Sunday night, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a contentious statewide small cell bill (SB649) which is one of many similar bills already passed in
October 18, 2017
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What’s Happened So Far in Wireless in 2017?
As we look back over the first half of 2017, there has been much non-activity on the merger front. Many people (myself included) expected greater
September 20, 2017
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Is This a Small Cell or Just a Small Macrocell?
So in this article about Verizon attachments to Arizona Power (APS) utility poles in the Phoenix market, it is interesting to see how Verizon is installing
September 7, 2017
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AT&T’s Brilliant Strategy to Double Dip from Public Funding to Build a Better Wireless Network (Investor Research Note from Steel in the Air)
We have been getting a lot of questions from investors related to FirstNet equipment and the potential impact on TowerCos, with most questions pertaining
August 29, 2017
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Our Takeaways from CommScope Second-Quarter 2017 Earnings Call
The CommScope Second-Quarter earnings call was interesting, more so due to what they couldn’t report as opposed to what they did report. Here are our
August 8, 2017
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T-Mobile Sprint Merger Backup Plan?
One of our municipal clients has a water tower with T-Mobile and Sprint on it. T-Mobile has proposed to add antennas and equipment with Band…
- 5G ·
Will T-Mobile/Sprint’s Merger Plan for 5G Home Broadband Work without Significantly Higher Capex?
The 3/6/19 FCC Filing by T-Mobile attempts to recharacterize how the merger “benefits” the consumer by expanding fixed or nomadic wireless broadband service. The filing…
- 5G ·
Opinion: Stories of small cell application agreements failure between carriers and cities are too often part of the wireless lobby efforts (in the media) to maintain profit margins.
This type of fluff pieces provide no actual statistical data on how most cities treat applications for small cells instead relies upon anecdotal examples from isolated…
- 5G ·
The main points non-technical reporters get wrong about 5G
I find it fascinating how non-technical reporters (for example An Investor’s Primer: 5G, the Internet of Things, and Augmented/Virtual Reality and 5G Wireless Will Redraw the…
Our Predictions for the Wireless (and Wired) Industries in 2018
Every year, we put together our prognostications for the coming year. This year, we are obviously a little late – primarily because the beginning of…
Not So Fast- California Governor Vetoes Small Cell Bill.
Sunday night, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a contentious statewide small cell bill (SB649) which is one of many similar bills already passed in…
- 5G ·
What’s Happened So Far in Wireless in 2017?
As we look back over the first half of 2017, there has been much non-activity on the merger front. Many people (myself included) expected greater…
- 5G ·
Is This a Small Cell or Just a Small Macrocell?
So in this article about Verizon attachments to Arizona Power (APS) utility poles in the Phoenix market, it is interesting to see how Verizon is installing…
- 5G ·
AT&T’s Brilliant Strategy to Double Dip from Public Funding to Build a Better Wireless Network (Investor Research Note from Steel in the Air)
We have been getting a lot of questions from investors related to FirstNet equipment and the potential impact on TowerCos, with most questions pertaining…
- 5G ·
Our Takeaways from CommScope Second-Quarter 2017 Earnings Call
The CommScope Second-Quarter earnings call was interesting, more so due to what they couldn’t report as opposed to what they did report. Here are our…