May 8, 2024 Driving Revenue Growth with Tower Colocation Strategies
Maximizing your company’s revenue is critical for growth in the current business environment. In the telecommunications industry, tower colocation is a strategic method for boosting revenue fueled by technological advancements and rising network demand that cuts costs and increases property values.
This article will highlight how tower colocation, wireless subleasing, and structural engineering are pivotal in improving revenue and increasing efficiency.
Understanding Tower Colocation
Understanding Tower Colocation
Tower colocation utilizes multiple wireless providers in a single telecom tower for equipment installation, optimizing space and cost-efficiency. Rather than carriers constructing individual towers, colocation reduces redundancies, saving on assets and operational costs. Colocation is essential for network expansion, offering carriers faster service rollout strategies.
Benefits of Tower Colocation
Tower colocation offers several advantages: it reduces upfront costs and ongoing network expansion costs while accelerating deployment. Additionally, obstacles like zoning and land acquisition delays are mitigated. Colocation also improves spectrum usage, network coverage, and capacity and supports sustainability by alleviating the need for new construction.
Colocation Models
Passive and Active Infrastructure Sharing
Passive infrastructure sharing involves multiple carriers utilizing a tower’s space and support structures, not involving transmission equipment. This form conserves the landscape and saves on costs. Active infrastructure sharing includes shared use of transmission equipment like antennas and nodes, bringing about further operational savings and coverage improvements, although it requires greater carrier collaboration.
Build-to-Suit Projects
When pre-existing towers aren’t suitable, build-to-suit projects allow for the construction of towers tailored to carriers’ specific needs, especially in underserved or high-demand areas. This model maximizes long-term utility and ROI, ensuring the infrastructure can support future technological advancements.
The Influence of Structural Engineering
KMB Design Group plays a crucial role in tower colocation by conducting site analysis, legal due diligence, and ensuring optimal site development. Our team manages construction, prioritizes safety, and aligns equipment installation with precise signal requirements, ensuring seamless project execution. As a mid-size telecommunication engineering firm, KMB has the experience and financial advantage to handle large-scale projects with varying demands.
Choosing the Right Telecom Tower
Increasing Vertical Real Estate Value
Choosing the right telecom tower is crucial to maximizing the value of vertical real estate, attracting diverse tenants, allowing scalability, and ensuring long-term profitability.
Addressing Deployment Goals
Proper tower selection ensures the network meets coverage goals and customer delivery standards. KMB’s expertise helps position towers to fill network voids and cater to expansion needs seamlessly.
Partner with KMB for Tower Colocation Expertise
KMB Design Group offers comprehensive services from site acquisition, A&E, structural analysis, utility coordination, and construction oversight; specializing in the complexities of telecom infrastructure projects. Reach out to KMB to improve network performance, lower costs, and elevate your services through tower colocation strategies.