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, and small cells in the US at the end of 2022. In the white paper the WIA and the drafter of the […]
Steel in the Air’s 2022 Predictions for Cell Tower Leasing and Valuation. While 2021 certainly impacted many industries negatively, the wireless industry wasn’t one of them. This past year was a particularly strong year for tower companies and landowners. Looking forward into 2022, we see more of the same. Wireless Service Provider Predictions. Wireless service […]
Earlier this month, we did our Wireless Industry Forecasts for 2021 webinar, which is available for viewing here, along with some other webinars about the industry that we did in 2020. While there were a few forecasts related to wireless leasing in the webinar, we thought it might be helpful to pen a blog post […]
Radio Frequency energy or RF has been in the news and is not likely to go away. Between 5G and COVID-19 conspiracies and more antennas RF will continue to be a hot button topic. How can you educate yourself? There are a few online resources, free of charge, with reputable RF energy information. However, they […]
American Tower announced earnings earlier this week and we reviewed their earnings call transcript to get a better feel about what went right and wrong for American Tower. (Mostly right) Here are 10 of our observations. American Tower confirmed guidance for 2020. While many industries and companies are withholding guidance for 2020 due to the […]
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 predictions are safe and some are not. Some end up being correct and some aren’t. 1. 5G Continues to Underwhelm Consumers (For Now) . Wireless service providers launched their commercial […]
American Tower has two cell towers on a piece of property in Batavia, IL. A home developer appears to have put together a plot plan to develop 110 houses and 88 multi-family units in an unincorporated area of Batavia. The property has two ATC cell towers located on the south side of the property. The […]
Have you been approached to place a cell tower on your property, or have you recently acquired a property that has a cell tower on it? Are you curious about the potential impact of a cell tower on your property in the future? Here at Steel in the Air we have assisted around 3,500 […]
One of the joys of being on this side of the business is the relationships we form with landowners- both leads and clients. This morning, I spoke with a lead who owns some land near Kansas City where Sprint PCS erected one of their first PCS towers. The subject tower has its own storied history- […]
A few weeks ago I gave a presentation to the Florida Municipal Electric Association, that I reworked here to make it a bit broader and applicable for the majority of cases in the United States. It is primarily about small cells and considerations that private landowners/exempt public landowners should have when considering small cell leases. […]