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SITA’s Good and Bad for 2025
Good and Bad for 2025 Rather than the usual brag-fest, here’s what actually happened in 2025—the good, the bad, and the stuff that keeps me
March 3, 2026
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DISH Wireless Lease Excuse Letter
In October 2025, Steel in the Air obtained a letter sent by DISH Wireless LLC to a rooftop landlord’s attorney, claiming that its lease obligations
October 28, 2025
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Wireless Infrastructure Industry Players
Dish Network’s Wireless Exit Strategy and Its Impact on Lease Valuation
For the past several years, Dish Network’s entry into the wireless carrier business has been a perplexing saga of big promises, sparse execution, and even
August 5, 2025
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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, so you can see we
March 26, 2024
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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 vendor named Nape Touchstone. Eventually,
January 20, 2023
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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, the landowner gets a straight
March 24, 2022
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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. Verizon includes standard ROFR language
February 8, 2022
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Our Wireless Forecasts For 2020
As we do every year around this time, we provide our predictions for what we expect to happen in the upcoming year. Some of our
January 29, 2020
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Seem Like Offers to Buy or Extend Your Cell Tower Lease Are Getting Better?
Coupled with low cost of capital and their recent conversions to REITs, tower companies have every incentive to convert leases (long term operating expense) to easements (upfront capital expenditure).
May 31, 2019
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Verizon’s Tricky-Tricky Cell Site Lease Assignment Language
We applaud Verizon for their interest in preventing their leases from being sold to third parties like lease buyout companies. It is understandable that Verizon (along
August 22, 2017
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SITA’s Good and Bad for 2025
Good and Bad for 2025 Rather than the usual brag-fest, here’s what actually happened in 2025—the good, the bad, and the stuff that keeps me…
- Wireless Carriers in the News ·
DISH Wireless Lease Excuse Letter
In October 2025, Steel in the Air obtained a letter sent by DISH Wireless LLC to a rooftop landlord’s attorney, claiming that its lease obligations…
- Wireless Infrastructure Industry Players ·
Dish Network’s Wireless Exit Strategy and Its Impact on Lease Valuation
For the past several years, Dish Network’s entry into the wireless carrier business has been a perplexing saga of big promises, sparse execution, and even…
- 5G ·
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, so you can see we…
- Uncategorized ·
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 vendor named Nape Touchstone. Eventually,…
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, the landowner gets a straight…
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. Verizon includes standard ROFR language…
Our Wireless Forecasts For 2020
As we do every year around this time, we provide our predictions for what we expect to happen in the upcoming year. Some of our…
Seem Like Offers to Buy or Extend Your Cell Tower Lease Are Getting Better?
Coupled with low cost of capital and their recent conversions to REITs, tower companies have every incentive to convert leases (long term operating expense) to…
Verizon’s Tricky-Tricky Cell Site Lease Assignment Language
We applaud Verizon for their interest in preventing their leases from being sold to third parties like lease buyout companies. It is understandable that Verizon (along…