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Cell Sites to Fit Every Landscape

There are more than 210,000 cell sites installed in the U.S., according to the wireless industry association, CTIA. Thanks to continual advances in wireless technology, the cell sites built today are typically not as overwhelming as the early radio towers. Wireless antennas are also generally smaller than in the past and can be mounted onto existing structures such as utility poles, water tanks or church steeples.

Wireless facilities in your community
T-Mobile is sensitive to the needs of each community and works to reduce the visual impact of a cell site on the local area. For example, T-Mobile prefers to install antennas on existing structures or on structures that are shared with other wireless carriers whenever possible. Roughly two-thirds of T-Mobile’s wireless facilities are built on existing structures including:

Local government-owned properties, such as buildings and water tanks

Existing cell sites operated by other carriers

Rooftops or sides of community buildings, such as hospitals, churches, schools and shopping malls

Utility poles and electrical transmission towers

When T-Mobile cannot use an existing structure, we take special care to locate the most suitable property for a free-standing site. We then design the site to have minimal visual impact and work to allow space for other carriers to locate on the facility.