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lightRadio and the “End of Cell Towers”
Recently, Alcatel sent out a press release for their lightRadio cube that stated that “New Wireless Advances could mean the End of Cell Towers”. This sensationalist and ill conceived (IMHO) press
BlackDot Wireless and AT&T Still Trying To Get Reductions
Cell site lease groundowners who thought they had heard the last from AT&T and Blackdot after refusing to lower their ground lease rates are
Ownership of Towers by the Carriers
9/23/15 Update: Number of Cell Towers Owner per Carrier It’s been almost a decade since we’ve updated this blog post (although we do keep our
Total Cell Towers and Cell Sites by Carrier
From an American Tower Presentation to RBC: Total number of cell sites per carrier: Nextel: 20,000 Sprint: 25,000 Cingular: 44,000 (Other estimates show 50,000) Verizon:
Spectrasite to be the target of an acquisition?
9/23/2015 Update In early-2005, we speculated on which cell tower company would end up purchasing Spectrasite (the contenders are listed below). In May of 2005,
New iDEN Providers Popping Up?
9/23/15: Update on iDEN On July 1, 2013, Sprint shut down its (via its merger with Nextel) national iDEN network completely. It plans to utilize