Cell Tower Lease Blog
4 Tips To Avoid Giving Away Money On Your Cell Tower Lease
Existing cell towers can be a treasure trove of opportunity for landowners, providing significant passive income and an incredibly powerful asset. However, the key is understanding the full value of your cell tower site. As the nation’s leading cell tower consulting...
New York City Housing Authority Expands Relationship With Vertical Consultants
Vertical Consultants proudly announces its client, the New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA”), is expanding its relationship with the firm. The NYCHA was the first agency in the United States to provide low income housing throughout New York City, currently housing...
City of Lexington KY Gets Increased Rent, Better Terms On Replacement Lease
Vertical Consultants is proud to announce that it was able to garner the City of Lexington, Kentucky, a replacement rooftop lease with T-Mobile. The new lease replaced the previous existing agreement, which had allowed for T-Mobile's use of certain portions of the...
Is Your City 5G-Ready??
While the 5G wave is moving rapidly across the United States, the question your city must answer is “Are we ready?” 5G is a new wireless network that is being built using small cells. Small cells provide wireless service via a connection to fiber optic networks. These...
CNBC Report – Cell Towers May Become Obsolete? Not So Fast
One of the most frequent questions Vertical Consultants receives is “Will 5G make cell towers obsolete?” The quick answer is “No”. 5G is not a vehicle for the replacement of existing cell towers, but rather a means for improving their value and necessity. There are...
5G – What Your City Needs To Know
What is 5G? The 4G wireless networks that most of us have access to use relatively low radio frequencies compared to new 5G networks that are currently being built out. The high frequencies used by 5G allow for many upgrades over 4G. They allow faster connections,...
5G – How Churches Can Benefit
Churches have been, and will continue to be, approached by wireless companies looking to install equipment necessary for the development of wireless networks. Churches are usually asked to place a traditional cell tower on a portion of their raw land not being used, a...
3 Common Misunderstandings About Cell Tower Leases
A cell tower lease can be an asset for a property owner, but most property owners accept unfavorable terms because they don't understand the real value of their property to the tower company. For the most part, tower companies will attempt to pay as little as they can...
Cell Tower Lease Renewals: Don’t Miss Potential Opportunity
Have you recently been contacted about renewing your cell tower lease? Property owners are constantly contacted by telecommunication companies who want to extend lease agreements for years beyond the current lease expiration date. A renewal offer is the best...
Hugh Odom Joins MarketScale Radio To Discuss Sprint/T-Mobile Merger
By early February, we should know whether or not the carrier industry will be left with three key players: AT&T, Verizon, and on the horizon, a merged Sprint and T-Mobile. The merger, though it’s been approved by the DOJ and the FCC, has been tied up in a lawsuit...
5G – Crown Castle Cell Towers Increase In Value
Crown Castle is the second largest cell tower operator in the United States that was founded in 1994 and is based in Houston, Texas. Crown Castle has a little less that 40,000 cell towers and approximately 87,500 miles of fiber located throughout the United States....
The Cell Tower Industry – A 2020 Status Report
The Big 3 Of Cell Tower Companies The three largest players in the cell tower industry, Crown Castle, American Tower and SBA Communications (the ‘Big 3”), own approximately 75% of all the cell towers in the United States. These cell towers are hosts to “Tier One”...