“Can you hear me now?” or “more bars” are common refrains for cell phone advertisements. The often dropped call or text message that won’t go through are the bane of all wireless users and cause for constant complaints. Making this common frustration go away is an ongoing process that involves technology upgrades and better coverage. But when one stops to consider the practical side of making these services better, the real power of “strength in numbers” becomes apparent.

“Can you hear me now” means the need for lots and lots of cell towers, and the need for a company to own the land and towers that enable the wireless signals to be effective. There aren’t too many companies that work in this area, but they do control a vast pool of land and associated investment that provides a stable revenue stream once an individual network is assembled.

Crown Castle International Corp.,

Founded in 1974 and headquartered in New York City, Westwood One Inc. is a content provider to various media partners. They offer more than 150 news, sports, music, talk, and entertainment programs, as well as features and live events. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the company is part of the General Entertainment industry in the Services sector. Westwood and their subsidiaries provide information services and programming to the radio, TV, and online industries in the United States.

Their subsidiaries, Metro Networks and Shadow Broadcast Services, provide analog and digital local content to radio and TV stations. This includes news, video news services, sports, traffic reporting services, weather, and other information. They also supply this content to the Worldwide Web. Westwood One serves their radio content to more than 5,000 radio stations.

Westwood also operates radio networks that engage in producing and distributing daily content and special event programs, in