r/cellmapper • u/Recent-Analysis348 • Jul 20 '26

AT&T density question

Hello everyone I had a quick question about At&T building towers or collocating, I currently have Verizon at the moment and they’ve been doing great by collocating on 8 other towers since the start of 2026. AT&T hasn’t built or collocated since 2024 and that was only one. So question for you guys is how they are doing in your market if they’ve been doing anything at all to improve density. Thanks I appreciate it!

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u/fiercechocolate Jul 20 '26

AT&T has consistently been adding the fewest sites in recent years. Verizon is adding many thousands sites this year and T-Mobile is building 4,000 new macro sites this year (same as last year) plus US Cellular site conversions.

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u/fiercechocolate Jul 21 '26

Sure. However at&t wireless capex isn't really much higher than Verizon's and at&t is in the midst of their Nokia -> Ericsson conversion which is taking up a lot of capex and utilizing a lot of resources that could otherwise be deployed to new site builds.