Cell Tower Lease Advice from Industry Professionals
As we look back at 2015, we at Steel in the Air believe we may have observed the high point for tower company industry activity. In the first half of 2015, valuations for towers and related leases approached all-time highs. Companies interested in acquiring communication towers and leases were bidding at a frenzied pace for…
The outcome of the TriStar/ American Tower [AMT] litigation might be of interest to some of our clients who unluckily witnessed first-hand the bickering between the parties. Tristar accused AMT of deceiving its landowners with scare tactics and AMT countered that Tristar was tortuously interfering with its contracts. To see more details in a well…
Cost is a big factor, but is it more important than coverage? Then again, why is true nationwide coverage important, as long as you have good coverage where you live, work and play? In the FCC’s recent 2014 report on the state of the wireless industry, we see that as of January 2014, the Big…
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Even though Sprint and T-Mobile were officially discouraged to merge into one unified entity, the #3 and #4 (which is which is hard to say) telecoms are not adverse to partnering. Both companies are in negotiations with Google to lease their network airwaves for Google’s Project Nova. And Sprint and T-Mobile are pushing the FCC…
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While the dust settles from the recent record setting AWS-3 auction ($44 billion spent), the FCC is preparing to complete an innovative auction of unused or underused TV spectrum. In this auction, the broadcasters offer up spectrum and are paid partially by the auction winners. This Auction will be closely watched and could yield fierce…