CELL SITES ARE NOT CELL PHONE TOWERS

On many occasions, the industry refers to cell towers interchangeably with the term “cell sites.” A notable example was during the 2016 Super Bowl, during which T-Mobile advertised that it has more LTE towers than Verizon. To be perfectly accurate, T-Mobile should have said that it has more LTE “cell sites” than Verizon. Even the press regularly publishes the words “cell tower” or “cell phone tower” when referring to a specific site build or location.

A Cell Site refers to the antenna equipment and ground equipment that is used to transmit cell phone signals to and from the mobile phone back to the receiver. This equipment is likely to include transmitter/receivers, GPS, backup power sources, base transceiver station (BTS), and more.

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