5G cell service has been heavily marketed. But despite sales pitches to property owners, 5G is not affecting conventional cell lease rents, sales or renewals, according to Varnum law firm attorneys Peter Schmidt and John Pestle.
Recent cell phone publicity has been about high-speed 5G, such as for autonomous vehicles or downloading movies in seconds. Here’s why it doesn’t affect cell leases, explain the attorneys.
True high-speed 5G requires thousands of new, short-range antennas every 400 feet apart. To achieve such speeds, high-speed 5G must use very high radio frequencies. “These frequencies, however, don’t go through walls. Conventional cell towers, on the other hand, use lower frequencies that do penetrate walls, so they and current cell leases will continue to provide cell service indoors (and outdoors to fill in gaps created by the use of short-range antennas).” Continue Reading |
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