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For Cell Site Leases, It's About Time

In the past, operators tolerated high rents because they represented a fraction of total cell site costs, but this is no longer the case. Falling base station equipment prices and shrinking footprints have been the trend for the past decade. It becomes difficult to justify the high rents for an existing site when the rent for a new site is available at the fraction of the price.

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Md7 Helps Operators Take Control of Leases

Operators face an increasing financial burden to keep up with swiftly evolving technology while managing a diverse real estate portfolio that’s wrought with outdated lease language and over-inflated rents. While equipment costs have fallen over the past ten years, cell site rents continue to escalate. Md7 offers programs and services which enable operators to identify and correct inefficiencies throughout your lease portfolio to reduce your operating expenses, ensure network flexibility for future growth and secure your competitive positioning against cell site speculators.

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Controlling Site Costs Through Rents

We all know carriers are looking for ways to strip costs out of their networks. But too often they overlook one of the greatest sources of cost savings. While carriers press infrastructure vendors for cheaper prices on base stations and try to reduce installation costs, they overlook what is often the single largest network operating cost: the cell site rent. Finding ways to reduce their cell site leasing costs will help carriers redirect dollars towards upgrading their networks, making them more competitive. In this paper we will explore the site rent costs and discuss some strategies for reducing this expense.

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