After being the first tower company to secure an infrastructure deal with DISH, Crown Castle is positioned for an outsized portion of the initial DISH buildout. The 15 -year Master Lease Agreement (MLA) between the two companies is for up to 20,000 tower sites and includes fiber services as well. Crown Castle CFO Daniel Schlanger said at a Barclays Global TMT Conference that being the first was “important and a differentiator.”