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,…

3 weeks ago

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…

4 months ago

Is Verizon Selling Towers?

Recent news reports have confirmed that Verizon has engaged a third-party advisor to evaluate the sale of its remaining cell…

1 year ago

US Cellular Possible Acquisition by T-Mobile or Verizon

Impact of T-Mobile and Verizon's Potential Acquisition of U.S. Cellular on Cell Tower Landowners and Owners Introduction The telecommunications landscape…

2 years ago

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. …

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

AT&T Terminated 630 Cell Sites in 2019

AT&T (via BlackDot), is contacting tower owners and landowners and trying to convince them to renegotiate their leases.  If you…

6 years ago

Who is Octagon Towers, LLC?

Some landowners with AT&T towers on their property are being contacted by Octagon Towers. Octagon Towers asks the landowner to…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

GAO Report Say AT&T’s FirstNet Ahead of Schedule, but User Experience Varies

In terms of deliverables for FirstNet, AT&T seems to be ahead on most accounts.  The chart below shows their progress…

6 years ago