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In the ongoing fight between Crown Castle and DISH on who can be pettier:

Many property owners have contacted us regarding letters of consent that they have received from their tenants, which request that they agree to allow their tenants to sublease. We recommend our clients to take caution and get an expert opinion (either from us or an attorney who specializes in contract law) before signing anything.

Anyone know if this audit was done solely on DISH's own 5G NR network or did it include the use of service using the AT&T/TMO MVNOs?

Hallmarks of Tri-Star/American Tower’s battle in court - just with a lot more lawsuits. For those who don’t remember, Tristar was a lease aggregator that targeted multi-tenant tower company towers. They would buy the ground rights for expiring leases and ultimately end up selling those leases back at a hefty premium to the tower companies. I wonder if Valoc?me has some common ties to previous investors in Tristar? If not, they likely followed the US litigation closely. I found it particularly interesting that the towercos tried unsuccessfully to regulate lease buyout companies by requiring licensing. Anyone have more insight on this?

Congrats on being approached to lease your property for a WISP tower. While WISP leases can be lucrative, I have some strong concerns with a lifetime lease with a WISP... Read the full answer here: https://buff.ly/40Dc0gu

An elaborate stealth design ??

A compelling article from William Webb about the fallacy of the need for low latency in public mobile networks. Has a strong read-through to why small cells never took off in the US at the scale the industry claimed would be needed. Also why private networks will be needed in commercial and industrial environments. "The cellular industry – manufacturers, academics, some operators and many others – made much of the lower latency that 5G would deliver and how this would enable revolutionary new applications. Mainstream TV adverts from large operators showed robotic surgery being conducted from the back of a church during a wedding and robotic barbers at the top of mountains. Yet lower latencies have not been delivered, will not be delivered, and neither will these applications." #telecom #wireless #5G #roboticbarbers

"Tedious industry bodies like GSMA & CTIA churn out report after report extolling their own virtues while exaggerating “traffic growth”, or pretending there’s an “investment gap”. They keep demanding more spectrum which they don’t need, and don’t know how to monetise." https://buff.ly/4humGUf

What 2-3 things contributed to your success? In a leadership group I’m part of, someone posed this classic yet powerful question: What 2-3 things do you feel contributed to your success? While it’s a fairly standard question, I found the responses from the group incredibly inspiring. It got me thinking—and I’d love to start a similar conversation here on LinkedIn. To kick things off, here are my two key factors: Good Mentors. Early in my career, I had the privilege of working with Nape Touchstone on the site acquisition side of the business. He was patient with the younger, know-it-all version of me, and those four years taught me so much about business and integrity. Before that, I’d been in a toxic environment where unethical practices were the norm, and I felt like I was drowning. Nape changed that for me. He instilled the importance of conducting business ethically—no matter what your competitors are doing—and that lesson has been a cornerstone of my career ever since. Search Engine Optimization (SEO). When I started Steel in the Air, I stumbled upon an eye-opening presentation at a conference in my wife’s industry—wedding photography and videography. The presenter wasn’t from the industry but was evangelizing the potential of SEO. He wasn’t selling anything; he was just passionate about sharing how it could transform small businesses. That presentation changed my life. Twenty years later, it’s clear that my business wouldn’t exist without embracing SEO. In fact, it’s the reason I now give presentations on emerging technologies like AI to local businesses—it feels like a full-circle moment. Now it’s your turn: What factors have been pivotal to your success in telecom or some other field? I’d love to hear your insights and experiences in the comments!

A cool retrospective of Nokia product sketches, photographs, videos and interviews spanning from the mid-90s to 2017.