One tower executive predicted some 90,000 cell sites...
One tower executive predicted some 90,000 cell sites will be built in the U.S. in the next five years, and tower companies continue to express a preference for macro rather than small cell sites, said Wells Fargo analyst Jennifer Fritzsche…
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Thursday in a research report, citing discussions her firm hosted at CTIA. The “densification” of AT&T’s and Verizon’s networks is “still in the early stages,” with Sprint and T-Mobile “not even starting this effort,” she said. “In terms of challenges -- a continued theme was on the aging of some of the tower assets,” she said. “The point was made that many of the current towers were built at a time when cell sites were much smaller. The analogy was made that carriers are trying to put a VW Bug on top of a popsicle stick."