Usage of cell phone has become a part and parcel of our modern lifestyle. The most important requirement which facilitates cell phone usage is availability of good signal. Areas that lack good reception can be easily compared with remote locations and such unavailability is unsuitable for present day existence.
Realizing the necessity and importance of good reception cell phone companies have come out with a solution – raising cell towers in and around localities. Cell Tower is a raised structure where devices related to communication i.e. antennas, receivers, transmitters and processors are placed and is sometimes also referred to as a cell site. Quite a few of those found in the city are rooftop cell towers.
People have also realized the importance of such elevated structures for the purpose of communication. Hence nowadays roof tops of buildings are the common place where such towers are situated as this kind of location is easily available and suits the purpose of clarity and quality of communication. When setting up such rooftop cell towers wireless companies also analyze the profit margin as well the expansion possibilities that have a direct bearing on the profit.
Though existence of cell towers are necessary in today’s scenario, society is not smitten by its presence. People have often raised the point that presence of such towers is an ugly intrusion disturbing the neighborhood. In addition, they also pose serious problems to the environment which indeed is a growing concern.
Paying heed to this public feeling, wireless companies have come up with a solution. They have tried to cover the towers in such a way that they easily get camouflaged. In majority of the cases the towers are covered on all sides to make it look like the tall structure on a church. In another case artificial branches and leaves are fixed around the tower giving it a tree like appearance and this is the most popular idea.
Usually a financial agreement mentioning the term, duration and other details is signed between the owner of the property and the cell tower property management company. Once the tower is erected by the cell tower management company, it is the duty and responsibility of the same company to pay rental or onetime payment to the owners of the property /land/roof top as also maintain the structure.
With a number of service providers offering communication service to people in a single locality implies that a number of towers must be erected for proper signal reception. However a single tower is used by a number of service providers thereby bringing down possibilities of multiple erections in a locality. In this way the cell tower management company deals with a number of service providers through a single tower and brings down chances of environmental hazard also.
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