Dish strikes tower deal with Vertical Bridge
Dish Network struck its second tower deal with Vertical Bridge after signing a similar deal with Crown Castle in November. Dish’s deal with Vertical Bridge will give them immediate access to the company’s portfolio of over 300,000 sites across the US and Puerto Rico. Fierce Wireless reporter Linda Hardesty stated, “Crown Castle is also providing fiber backhaul services for Dish as part of the anchor-tenant macro tower deal. It also gives Dish theoption to tap Crown Castle for pre-construction services, such as site engineering, zoning and permitting. Crown Castle has a small cell business as well, but small cells are not part of the agreement.”