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My friend recently went to Texas A&M located in College Station and recently, he noticed that the antennas that T-Mobile added at this university last year to increase capacity, speeds, coverage on campus has been decomissioned! Verizon + AT&T have their own antennas for the oDAS (outdoor distributed antenna system) managed by Crown Castle! From what I can tell, they removed all the antennas, including the remote radio units on the roof-top! T-Mobile gets horrible speeds that you can't pull more than 25 mbps when there's 50,000+ students on campus when classes is in session! The reason why the equipment was removed according to the engineer is because there were issues with the installation of the equipment, such as poor wiring management since some cables were installed incorrectly to the baseband units and backhaul to the nodes wasn't evenly distributed, optimized properly! In Addition, these new antennas for T-Mobile were not even turned on completely yet and it doesn't make sense to me how a poor installation would make them remove all their equipment. It's not a lease dispute with A&M since Crown Castle, now (Arium Networks) is the vendor managing the equipment for all the big three. You can see the empty rods where T-Mobile used to have their antennas laid out at! Verizon + AT&T cellular equipment is pretty old since it was added way back in 2016-2017 with only LTE (b2, b12, b66) LTE + (n5) low-band 5G for AT&T and (b2, b13) LTE only for Verizon. I hope T-Mobile is able to find a solution to reinstall their antennas because they have the largest amount of users at Texas A&M and their network gets bogged down heavily when there are events, classes being held, football games, parties happening on campus!

PHOTO #4 - LAST PHOTO shows the T-Mobile equipment that was added near the AT&T, Verizon antenna last year in another spot!

So recently, T-Mobile removed all their equipment on that includes:

• CommScope FFVV-65A-R2 antenna for low-band frequencies (b12) 700MHz + (b71) 600MHz + (n71) low-band 5G
• Rosenberger BA-0303T3T3VFX65F-06 antenna for (b2) LTE + (n25, n41) mid-band 5G

AT&T did the best inside the mall since they have an indoor DAS deployed while Verizon struggles once I ventured onto the 1st floor beside Dicks Sporting Goods!

Verizon could add an indoor DAS at this mall because their upload speeds were struggling a lot!

My friend was driving around Houston until he stumbled upon an cell tower that has all the big three carriers on it (Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T) top to bottom! It appears that Verizon upgraded the site several months ago to add high-end MatSing MBA high-capacity antennas! Previously, Verizon had ancient JMA antennas on their rack that were installed way back in 2015! This is good to see them adding high-capacity MatSing antennas on existing sites that can cover more sectors since the antenna is multi-beam and it has very good range, penetration indoors! Credit to my friend for letting me share these photos with his SpeedTest on Verizon mid-band 5G (n77) + LTE on NSA (non-standalone) 5G! Also, Verizon installed white, tiny CBNG VECTASTAR 600 (n260) mmWave antenna for (PTP) - Point to Point mmWave MDU FWA located on the LEFT side of the rack Let me know what you think of this site?

SpeedTests were from my friend, which I had proper permission to post them here to show yall guys!

Equipment that all the carriers are using:

Verizon [eNB 120306] (top rack):

• 3️⃣ MatSing-MBA-4.4.2-C2-H2-L2 high-capacity antennas - (MIDDLE) of their rack with bands: (2, 13, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz low-band 5G + has (n2) + (n66) depending on the configuration
• 3️⃣ CBNG VECTASTAR 600 (n260) mmWave antenna for Point to Point mmW MDU FWA located on the LEFT side of the rack 
• 3️⃣ Samsung MT-6407-77A 64T64R (200W) 3.7GHz n77 antennas (LEFT) side for mid-band 5GUW set at 160MHz
• Ray-cap RCMDC-6627-PF-48 used for power surge protection located behind their antennas

Samsung (RRU's) remote radio units located behind the antennas:

• RF4461d-13A - (b13) 700MHz LTE + (n5) 850MHz low-band 5G
• RF4439d-25A - (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE

T-Mobile [eNB 174913] + [gNB 1588255] (middle rack):

• 3️⃣ CommsScope FFVV-65C-R3 8 feet antennas with bands: (2, 12, 66, 71) LTE, (n25, n66) mid-band 5G & (n71) low-band 5G located in the MIDDLE
• 3️⃣ RFS APX16DWV-16DWVS-C antennas with bands; (b2) PCS + (b66) AWS LTE + (n25) ePCS + (n66) eAWS mid-band 5G located on the RIGHT side
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AEHC - (N41) 2.5GHz [320W] antennas for mid-band 5GUC set at 190MHz located on the (LEFT) side

Nokia (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• 3️⃣ AirScale AHLOA - (b12) 700MHz + (b71) 600MHz LTE + (n71) low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ AirScale AHFIG - with (b2) 1900MHz-PCS (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE + (n25) ePCS + (n66) eAWS for mid-band 5G

AT&T [eNB 535094] + [eNB 536094] (bottom rack):

• 6️⃣ CommScope SBJAH4-1D65C-DL antennas with bands; (2, 12, 30, 66) LTE, supports (n5) low-band 5G located on the LEFT side
• 2️⃣ CommScope SBJAH4-1D65C-DL antennas per sector located on the LEFT side
• 6️⃣ (CellMax) CMA-BTLBHH-6517-21-21 antennas TOTAL with bands: (2, 12, 30, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz low-band 5G on the RIGHT side, 2 antennas per sector
• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6449-B77D (3.7GHz) 64T64R c-band (n77) antennas being used for mid-band 5G+ set at 80MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack
• Raycap DC6-48-60-18-8F for power surge protection located behind the antennas

Ericsson (RRU's) remote radio units found behind the antennas:

• RRU 4449 (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) - 850MHz low-band 5GNR
• RRU 4478 (b14) LTE @ 700MHz
• RRU 32 - (b30) 2300MHz-WCS 
• RRU 8843 (B2) PCS-1900MHz + (B66) AWS-2100MHz LTE

Coordinates: 29.771789078645888, -95.38875056971091

Address: 1208 Diesel Street, Houston, TX 77007

Monopole, cell tower is owned by Crown Castle

Here's the equipment that Verizon removed from the site in place of the Matsing antennas:

• 6️⃣ JMA X7CQAP-665-V antennas with bands: (2, 13, 66) LTE + (n66) mid-band 5GUW

Shoutout to my friend for finding this roof-top Verizon site! From what I can tell based on looking on Google Satellite View imagery, it appears that AT&T + T-Mobile also have antennas on top of this building! Recently, this Verizon site was LTE only until late 2025 when it got upgraded from the old JMA antennas to newer CommScope antennas + Samsung gear! This Verizon site from what I was told has 3-sectors (Alpha, Beta, Gamma) facing Kirby Road, San Felipe and it covers majority of the River Oaks area al the way down to Westheimer Road!

Verizon (eNB 120215) + (gNB 229250-018)

• 6️⃣ new CommScope NHH-65C-R2B antennas with bands: (2, 13, 66) LTE and (n5) 850MHz - 10MHz for low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ Samsung MT-6413-77A - 64T64R (200W) 3.7GHz n77 antennas mid-band 5GUW @ 160MHz located on the RIGHT side
• Ray-cap RCMDC-6627-PF-48 used for power surge protection for the (RRU's) remote radio units located behind the antennas

Samsung (RRU's) remore radio units behind the antennas:

• 3️⃣ RF4461d-13A - (b13) 700MHz LTE + (N5) 850MHz low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ RF4439d-25A - for (b2) 190MHz-PCS, (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE + (n2) 5G

Address: 2001 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX 77019

Coordinates: 29.748081000453855, -95.41838429100544

Shoutout to my friend for finding this monopole cell tower in his market (Houston, TX) near the corner of Berry Road & Fulton Street in the Northside! From what I was told, he noticed how the Verizon rack looks way different compared to how it looked like a few months ago! It appears that they ripped all of the older antennas, Samsung (RRU's) from the rack! Also, Verizon completely adjusted the sectors on this site since they completely repositioned how the antennas are facing and they added new mounting brackets, rods to support the newer equipment! My friend also told me how much better the RSRP, signal strength is on Verizon on (n77), especially with the better, higher power Samsung MT-6413 (64T64R) antennas that replaced the older Samsung MT-6407-77A (200W) antennas that were added back in early 2022! What shocked me the most was Verizon completely removing the Samsung MT-6407 antenna from an site that was already upgraded 4 years ago, which isn't common to see everyday! I also wanna give my friend a huge shoutout for sharing me an Verizon (n77) SpeedTest from that site! Overall, it's great to see Verizon continuing to upgrade their network all over the Houston, TX market since a lot of sites have gotten touched again in the past 6-12 months with MatSing antennas, newer CommScope/JMA antennas or an new 4th sector being added from an pre-existing 3 sector site! Verizon now has multi-gig backhaul on this site and the speeds are tremendous since the SpeedTest wasn't taken directly in line of sight while in a moving vehicle!

FYI, AT&T wasn't on this tower until November 2022 when they co-located on the bottom rack on this monopole! Previously, AT&T had very weak RSRP, signal along Fulton Street way back in 2019-2022 since I have drove in the area back in the old days, which explains why the AT&T rack looks newer, modern compared to neighboring AT&T sites! However, some of the antennas have turned a different color, like cream/light color from White due to the excessive heat, UV sun light that stresses out the antennas in broad daylight as you can see!

Equipment that all the carriers are using:

Verizon (eNB 120370):

• 8️⃣ CommScope NHH-45C-R2B antennas with bands; (2, 13, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10 MHz for low-band 5G located on the LEFT + RIGHT side
• 4️⃣ Samsung MT-6413-77A - 64T64R (200W) 3.7GHz n77 antennas mid-band 5GUW @ 160MHz located on the RIGHT side
• Ray-cap RCMDC-6627-PF-48 used for power surge protection located behind their antennas

Samsung (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• 4️⃣ RF4461d-13A - (b13) 700MHz LTE + (N5) 850MHz-CLR low-band 5G
• 4️⃣ RF4801D-25A - (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE

Legacy Cricket:

• 3️⃣ KMW-HB-X-AW-19-65-00T antennas for legacy 2G, 3G (CDMA), NOT FUNCTIONAL

AT&T (eNB 532168) + (eNB 539168)

• 3️⃣ CCI TPA65R-BU8DA antennas with bands: (2, 12, 14, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G located on the LEFT side
• 6️⃣ (CellMax) CMA-BTLBHH-6518-20-20 skinny antennas TOTAL with bands: (2, 12, 30, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz low-band 5G located on the RIGHT side!
• 2️⃣ CellMax CMA-BTLBHH-6518-2020 antennas per sector located on the RIGHT side!
• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6449-B77D (3.7GHz) 64T64R c-band (n77) antennas being used for mid-band 5G+ set at 80MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack on the BOTTOM row
• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77G](3.45GHz) DoD n77 antennas being used for mid-band 5G+ set at (60MHz) - Harris County, TX located in the MIDDLE of the rack on the TOP row
• Raycap DC6-48-60-18-8F for power surge protection located behind the antennas
• Raycap DC9-48-60-24-PC1t-EV for power surge protection located behind the antennas

Ericsson (RRU's) - remote radio units located behind the antennas:

• RRU 4449 (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) - 850MHz low-band 5GNR
• RRU 4478 (b14) LTE @ 700MHz
• RRU 4415 (b30) WCS-2300MHz
• RRU 8843 (B2) PCS-1900MHz + (B66) AWS-2100MHz LTE

Equipment that Verizon removed from their rack when the site was upgraded recently:

• 6️⃣ skinny JMA MX06FRO660-02 antennas with bands: (2, 13, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ CommScope SBNHH-1D6565B for + (CDMA)
• 3️⃣ Samsung MT-6407-77A (200W) antennas with the newer CommScope NHH-45C-R2B antennas + Samsung MT-6413-77A (320W) antennas for 3.7GHz (n77) c-band set at 160MHz.
• 3️⃣ Samsung RRH-BR04C - b13 LTE + (N5) low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ Samsung RRH-BR049 - (b2), (b66) LTE

Coordinates: 29.837046453294946, -95.37681344665286

Google Street View - May 2024

I found an T-Mobile site located on top of this building while I was driving around and it appeared to have their equipment on it! From what I know, this site has multi-gig backhaul and it covers a pretty busy areal especially Costco always gets crowded during the weekdays, weekends, Arlington Highlands where there are many stores, restaurants around and The Highlands plaza where there's an Lowe's and In-N-Out burger in addition to an Residence Inn, Courtyard by Marriott Hotel! In the past, I have seen speeds over 900+ Mbps on T-Mobile on 3xCA-4xCA on mid-band 5GUC on (n41) 100MHz + (n41) 90MHz + (n25) 20MHz + (n71) 20MHz in the past!

FYI, This was one the first T-Mobile sites in Arlington, TX that received mid-band 5G (n41) since they upraded this site back in November-December 2020 so it has the earlier CommScope FFHH-65C-R3 antenna variant on the LEFT side instead of the FFVV-65C-R3 that we see on other sites!

T-Mobile (eNB 68031) + (eNB 10630) + (gNB 1587725):

• 3️⃣ CommScope FFHH-65C-R3 antennas with bands: (2, 12, 66, 71) LTE + (n25 + n71) 5G located on the (LEFT) side of the rack
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AAFIA mMIMO anntennas - bands; (2, 66) LTE + (n25, *n66*) mid-band 5GUC! Radio is INTEGRATED INSIDE THE ANTENNA! Located in the (MIDDLE) of the rack
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AEHC - (N41) 2.5GHz [320W] antennas for mid-band 5GUC located on the (RIGHT) side of the rack

Nokia (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• 3️⃣ AirScale AHLOA - (b12) 700MHz + (b71) 600MHz LTE + (n71) low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ AirScale AHFIG - with (b2) 1900MHz-PCS (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE + (n25) + (n66) for mid-band 5G

Coordinates: 32.68348382103094, -97.11581381726253

Address: 701 Highlander Boulevard, Arlington, Texas 76015

Google Street View of this T-Mobile site from different sectors:

• sector facing towards Matlock Road (Southeast)
• sector facing towards Highlander Blvd (Southwest)
• sector facing West Arbrook Blvd (North)

I found this interesting looking Verizon site that's mounted very high on top of this power line! It covers a big area, especially since it reaches about a mile away at the Arlington Highlands down the road and near the QT Gas Station on Collins Street & IH 20 frontage road! I managed to get pretty good speeds on mid-band 5GUW (n77) @ 140MHz + (n2) - 15MHz !

Verizon (eNB 132726) + (gNB 1329150-035/036):

• 6️⃣ CommScope SBNHH-1D65C antennas TOTAL with bands; (13, 66) LTE + supports (n2) and (n66) - 10MHz for mid-band 5G
• 3️⃣ Antel LPA-80080-8CF antennas for legacy 3G (CDMA) on the RIGHT side! NOT ACTIVE
• 3️⃣ Samsung MT-6407-77A 64T64R (200W) 3.7GHz n77 antennas (LEFT) side for mid-band 5GUW set at 140MHz
• Ray-cap RCMDC-6627-PF-48 used for power surge protection located behind their antennas

Samsung (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• RF4461d-13A - (b13) 700MHz LTE
• RF4439d-25A - (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE + (n2) 1900MHz-PCS & (n66) 2100MHz-AWS

Coordinates: 32.67863261305786, -97.08299129538052

Google Street View - June 2024

PART 2 of my post!

I managed to run an SpeedTest on AT&T and here are the speeds I got lol! AT&T closest site doesn’t work and it’s down due to a fiber cut, down for maintenance!

Verizon is the only carrier I have that’s working at Grand Prairie Premium outlets! Apparently, the closest AT&T is having issues and I think it’s down! Kinda absurd AT&T won’t load any data, my phone calls would drop and nothing would load! Verizon saving the day today

AT&T back in (June 2026) was upgrading their equipment on the top rack since from what I saw while I was pasisng by; they completely removed the top rack and replace some of the RODS, mounting brackets to reinforce the weight for the new equipment being added! As you can see, AT&T already had (n77) - 3.7GHz c-band on this site, but it was missing 3.45GHz (DoD) so they had to file another permit back in February to remove the 3 skinny CommScope SBNHH-1D65B antennas that were used for (b2, b12, b30, b66) LTE. They added 3 Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77G (64T64R) 3.45GHz antennas in the MIDDLE of the rack and replaced the ancient Ericsson RRU 32 (b2) PCS, (b66) AWS with the newer, more energy efficient RRU 4890HP for (b2, b66) LTE! They also upgraded backhaul on this site from 1Gbps to multi-gig! T-Mobile has an interesting split-sector configuration below for mid-band (b2, b66) LTE + (n25) mid-band 5G!

AT&T (eNB 521995) + (eNB 524109):

• 6️⃣ CommScope JAHH-65B-R3B - 6 feet antennas IN TOTAL with bands: (2, 5, 12, 14, 30, 66) LTE + (n5) - 5MHz low-band 5G on the right side
• 3️⃣ CommScope NNH4-65B-R6H4 antennas with bands: (2, 5, 12, 14, 30, 66) LTE + (n5) @ 5MHz - low-band 5G located on the LEFT side of th e rack
• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6449-B77D 3.7GHz (n77) 64T64R c-band panels set at 100MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack on the BOTTOM row
• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77G (3.45GHz) DoD n77 panels being used for mid-band 5G+ set at 60MHz - (Duncanville, RX) located in the (MIDDLE) of their rack on the [TOP] row
• Raycap DC6-48-60-18-8F for power surge protection located behind the antennas

Ericsson (RRU’s) remote radio units behind the antennas:

• RRU 4449 (b5) 850MHz LTE + (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) 850MHz low-band 5G
• RRU 4478 (b14) 700MHz LTE
• RRU 32 (b30) 2300MHz-WCS
• RRU 4890HP (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS

T-Mobile (eNB 78183) + (eNB 67133) + (gNB 15871111):

• 3️⃣ CommsScope FFVV-65C-R3 8 feet antennas with bands: (12, 71) LTE, (n71) low-band 5G located in the MIDDLE
• 6️⃣ CommScope HBXX-3319DS-A2M antennas with bands: (2, 66) LTE + (n25) mid-band 5G - found on the (LEFT) + (MIDDLE + (RIGHT) side - split sector
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AEHC - (N41) 2.5GHz [320W] antennas for mid-band 5GUC located in the MIDDLE set at 190MHz

Uses NOKIA Remote Radio Units (RRU's):

• 3️⃣ Nokia AHLOA - (b12) + (b71)  LTE + (n71) low-band 5G
• 6️⃣ Nokia AHFIG - with (b2, b66) LTE, n25 mid-band 5GUC

Legacy MetroPCS:

• 6️⃣ CommScope HBX-4517DS-VTM antennas for 3G CDMA

Verizon (eNB 133772) BOTTOM:

• 6️⃣ CommScope SBNHH-1D65C antennas TOTAL with bands; (13, 66) LTE + supports (n2) and (n66) - 10MHz for mid-band 5G
• 3️⃣ Samsung MT-6407-77A 64T64R (200W) 3.7GHz n77 antennas (LEFT) side for mid-band 5GUW set at 140MHz
• Ray-cap RCMDC-6627-PF-48 used for power surge protection located behind their antennas

Samsung (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• RF4461d-13A - (b13) 700MHz LTE
• RF4439d-25A - (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE + (n2) 1900MHz-PCS & (n66) 2100MHz-AWS

Equipment AT&T removed from the site:

• 3️⃣ CommScope SBNHH-1D65B skinny antennas in total with bands; (2, 12, 30, 66) located in the MIDDLE of the rack
• 6️⃣ Ericsson RRU 32 for (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS variants

Coordinates: 32.66611718821143, -96.90786356971088

My friend sent me pictures of this brand new Vodafone/Three UK (MOCN) Multi-Operator Core Network mast/tower in Belfast, UK! I'm surprised on how fast he was able to get on mid-band 5G (n78) on just 200MHz + (b7) LTE on 5GNSA while roaming on Three UK via. his AT&T e-sim on the international roaming day pass! I'm intersted on how tall, skinny these UK masts, towers look like compared to the small cells I see with AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile in the United States! I like how tall the site and it has pretty decent range from what I heard!

Three + Vodafone (eNB 284885) + (eNB 284884):

• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 3258 (32T32R) antennas for c-band (n78) mid-band 5G set at 200MHz
• 3️⃣ CommScope RRV4-65B-R6N43 antennas with bands: (1, 7, 8, 28) 4G/LTE + supports (n1) mid-band 5g
• 3️⃣ RRU 4485 (b1) 2100MHz + (b3) 1800Mhz + (b7) 2600MHz LTE

Ground Mounted Ericsson (RRU's) remote radio units on the ground, not shown:

• 3️⃣ RRU 4486 (b8) 900MHz + (b28) 700MHz
• 3️⃣ RRU 4020 - 1400Mhz

Coordinates: 54.60324895380373, -5.935841006759163

When I was driving east of Galveston, I stumbled upon an AT&T only site that surprisingly had mid-band 5G when I'm far away from Houston! AT&T works pretty well in Crystal Beach, Texas since almost every site now has mid-band 5G (n77) deployed and speeds were pretty fast! It's good to see AT&T adding more mid-band 5G in the outskirts of Galveston! Also, this AT&T site has an Kohler backup generator just in case if the power goes out and the baseband units are elevated higher on its own platform away from the ground because of low elevation, proximity to Gulf of Mexico

AT&T (eNB 531004) + (eNB 534994):

• 3️⃣ CommScope NNH4-65B-R6H4 antennas with bands: (2, 12, 14, 30, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G on the LEFT side
• 6️⃣ (CellMax) CMA-BTLBHH-6517-21-21 antennas TOTAL with bands: (2, 12, 30, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz low-band 5G on the RIGHT side, 2 antennas per sector
• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6472 (B77G/B77M) 64T64R antennas that can do (3.7GHz) c-band @ 80mhz + (3.45GHz) DoD - 60MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack
• Raycap DC6-48-60-18-8F for power surge protection located behind the antennas

Some Ericsson (RRU's) remote radio units behind the antennas & ground mounted near the baseband units:

• RRU 32 - (b30) 2300MHz-WCS (behind the antennas)
• RRU 4449 (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) 850MHZ-CLR low-band 5G (behind the antennas)
• RRU 4478 (b14) 700MHz LTE (behind the antennas)
• RRU 4890HP (b2) 1900MHz-PCS (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE
• RRU 01 (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b12) 700MMHz LTE + legacy 3G HSPA+ (b5) - decomissioned (ground mounted)

Coordinates: 29.44114910969462, -94.66674628677777

Address: 1020 TX-87, Crystal Beach, TX 77650

Google Street View - June 2023 (OUTDATED), shows older AT&T rack before mid-band 5G upgrade

FYI, I assumed that AT&T replaced the outdated Ericsson RRU 01's on the ground since they are ancient, outdated and don't support (n5) for low-band 5G

AT&T (eNB 535016) + (eNB 536016) recently upgraded their site on the right monopole by replacing 6 older CommScope NNH4-65B-R6 antennas in the MIDDLE rack! AT&T also has just added Ericsson AIR. 6472 (B77G/B77M) 64T64R antennas that can do (3.7GHz) c-band @ 80mhz + (3.45GHz) DoD - 60MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack on the LEFT monopole! Backhaul was also upgraded on this AT&T site from 1Gbps to multi-gig recently and 5G Standalone was enabled last month! This sites serves First Colony Mall area around I-69 and Colony Square shopping plaza where there's a lot of stores where it gets frequently crowded during the weekends.

Originally, AT&T did not have mid-band 5G (n77) on this site until May 2026 when they upgraded it since they didn't want to deal with the hassle of decomissioning Cricket or Clearwire equipment just to add mid-band 5G, which is strange! This is the only area where I have seen AT&T take over another empty monopole just to add mid-band 5G! It was confusing to me at first because I originally thought that they were going to relocate from the other tower, but they didn't! Let me know what you think about AT&T deploying mid-band 5G on a separate monopole 25 feet away from the other site, where their LTE, low-band 5G gear is at!

AT&T is on the (LEFT) monopole that is only for mid-band 5G (n77):

• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6472 (B77G/B77M) 64T64R antennas that can do (3.7GHz) c-band @ 80mhz + (3.45GHz) DoD - 60MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack

You can also see old Clearwire euipment on the TOP rack on the monopole on the RIGHT side:

Clearwire (top rack):

• 3️⃣ Argus LLPX310R-V1 antennas for WiMax
• 1️⃣ DragonWave/ANDREW ValuLine VHLP2 circular Dish for wireless backhaul
• 3️⃣ Samsung 2.5GHz nRRH v2 (WiMAX) DAP HEAD located behind the antennas

AT&T (MIDDLE)

• 6️⃣ CellMax 12076x antennas TOTAL for LTE (b2, b12, b14, b30, b66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G! 2 CellMax antennas per sector in the MIDDLE

Ericsson (RRU's) remote radio units are ground mounted:

• RRU 4449 (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) 850MHZ-CLR low-band 5G
• RRUs 4478 (b14) 700MHz LTE
• RRU 32 (b30) 2300MHz-WCS
• ERRU 8843 (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE

Legacy Cricket (bottom) rack:

• 3️⃣  KMW HB-X-AW-18-45-00T antennas for legacy 2G, 3G (CDMA), NOT FUNCTIONAL

Coordinates (LEFT) monopole: 29.59486992980591, -95.63052959210249

Coordinates (RIGHT) monopole: 29.594551644585408, -95.63046548797053

When T-Mobile was on the LEFT monopole back in the day, they were using:

• 6️⃣ RFS APX16DWV-16DWVS-C antennas with bands; (b2) PCS + (b66) AWS LTE + (n25) mid-band 5G located on the RIGHT side

AT&T wasn't on this tower until September 2024 when they decided to co-locate on this monopole below T-Mobile on the bottom rack! They are using an 4-sector cube/square mount setup, with antennas on all 4-sides! I was surprised to see how low this tower is and it doesn't reach far from what I can tell based on the topography, elevation in the area! Before AT&T was here, they had very weak coverage on this part of I-610 back in 2022! AT&T started adding new sites in the Houston, TX market heavily in May 2021 until December 2025 when they slowed down heavily on new site builds due to CAPEX cuts happening on the engineering, site plan team because of the aggressive push on fiber rollout, expansion nationwide!

T-Mobile (eNB 60073) + (eNB 700671) + (gNB 1583228) TOP:

• 3️⃣ CommsScope FFVV-65C-R3 8 feet antennas with bands: (2, 12, 66, 71) LTE, (n25) mid-band 5G & (n71) low-band 5G located in the MIDDLE
• 3️⃣ RFS APX16DWV-16DWVS-C antennas with bands; (b2) PCS + (b66) AWS LTE + (n25) mid-band 5G located on the RIGHT side
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AEHC - (N41) 2.5GHz [320W] antennas for mid-band 5GUC set at 190MHz located on the (LEFT) side

Nokia (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• 3️⃣ AirScale AHLOA - (b12) 700MHz + (b71) 600MHz LTE + (n71) low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ AirScale AHFIG - with (b2) 1900MHz-PCS (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE + (n25) + (n66) for mid-band 5G

AT&T (eNB 531801) + (eNB 539801):

• 8️⃣ CCI TPA45R-BU6B antennas with bands: (2, 12, 14, 30, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G
• 4️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6449-B77D (3.7GHz) 64T64R c-band (n77) antennas being used for mid-band 5G+ set at 80MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack on the BOTTOM row
• 4️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77G (3.45GHz) DoD n77 antennas - mid-band 5G set at 60MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack on the TOP row
• Raycap DC9-48-60-24-PC1t-EV for power surge protection for the for the antennas, remote radio units

Ericsson (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• 4️⃣  RRU 4449 (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) 850MHZ-CLR low-band 5G
• 4️⃣  RRU 4478 (b14) 700MHz LTE
• 4️⃣  RRU 8843 (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE
• 4️⃣  RRU 4415 (b30) 2300MHz-WCS

Coordinates: 29.813284514519385, -95.39005331117136

Address: 719 East 29th Street, Houston, TX 77009

FCC Registration #: 1267724

Verizon recently co-located on this SBA owned monopole/cell tower located on Martin Street & North Shepherd Drive in the Independence Heights area in Houston, Texas! They previously had weaker RSRP, signal along this part of Martin Street, n77 being over -102 with speeds around 250-300 mbps with weak uplink! I'm impressed on how clean their 3rd party contractors installed the equipment since the wiring arrangement is neat and it isn't sloppy, like we have seen on some AT&T sites before on this subreddit! Hopefully, Verizon turns on their equipment here in the next several weeks so I will be able to SpeedTest it for yall! I heard they deployed (10Gbps) MCI One Dark Fiber on their rack! AT&T + T-Mobile on the other hand are using AT&T fiber for backhaul here!

Fun fact, AT&T installed their 4-sector site on this tower almost 2 years ago in October 2024 on the bottom rack while Verizon took over the empty rack on TOP that was formerly Sprint until it was decomissioned in early 2024! Surprisingly enough, AT&T deployed (b30) 2300MHz-WCS + (3.45GHz) DoD on this site, which was an surprise to see since AT&T was still adding new towers in Houston in 2023-2024 that only had LTE + (n5) + 3.7GHz (n77) c-band at the time! From what I can observe, Verizon has been observational, careful on which new sites deserve, get the high-capacity MatSing MBA antennas and what sites get the standard, traditional CommScope, JMA antennas depending on the utilization, network usage and how much marketshare they have in that area!

Verizon:

• 4️⃣ CommScope NHHSS-45C-R2BT4 antennas with bands: (2, 13, 48 [CBRS] 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G located in the MIDDLE
• 4️⃣ CommScope NHH-45C-R2B antennas with bands: (2, 13, 48 [CBRS] 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G located on the RIGHT side
• 4️⃣ Samsung MT-6413-77A - 64T64R (200W) 3.7GHz n77 antennas mid-band 5GUW @ 160MHz located on the LEFT
• Ray-cap RCMDC-6627-PF-48 used for power surge protection located behind their antennas

Samsung (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• 4️⃣ RF4461d-13A - (b13) 700MHz LTE + (N5) 850MHz low-band 5G
• 4️⃣ RF4439d-25A - (b2) 190MHz-PCS, (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE
• 4️⃣ RT-4423 (b48) LTE + (n48) mid-band 5G CBRS radio

T-Mobile (eNB 60374) + (eNB 1582609) MIDDLE:

• 3️⃣ CommScope FFVV-65C-R3 antennas with bands: (2, 12, 66, 71) LTE + (n25 + n71) 5G located on the (LEFT) side of the rack
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AAFIA mMIMO anntennas - bands; (2, 66) LTE + (n25, *n66*) mid-band 5GUC! Radio is INTEGRATED INSIDE THE ANTENNA! Located in the (MIDDLE) of the rack
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AEHC - (N41) 2.5GHz [320W] antennas for mid-band 5GUC located on the (RIGHT) side of the rack

Nokia (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• 3️⃣ AirScale AHLOA - (b12) 700MHz + (b71) 600MHz LTE + (n71) low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ AirScale AHFIG - with (b2) 1900MHz-PCS (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE + (n25) + (n66) for mid-band 5G

AT&T (eNB 533591) + (eNB 535591) BOTTOM:

• 8️⃣ CCI TPA45R-BU6B antennas with bands: (2, 12, 14, 30, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G
• 4️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6449-B77D (3.7GHz) 64T64R c-band (n77) antennas being used for mid-band 5G+ set at 80MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack on the BOTTOM row
• 4️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77G (3.45GHz) DoD n77 antennas - mid-band 5G set at 60MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack on the TOP row
• Raycap DC9-48-60-24-PC1t-EV for power surge protection for the for the antennas, remote radio units

Ericsson (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• 4️⃣  RRU 4449 (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) 850MHZ-CLR low-band 5G
• 4️⃣  RRU 4478 (b14) 700MHz LTE
• 4️⃣  RRU 8843 (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE
• 4️⃣  RRU 4415 (b30) 2300MHz-WCS

Coordinates: 29.83483229982313, -95.41017856462051

Address: 622 Martin Street, Houston, TX 77018

SBA Tower Site ID: TX47902

FCC ID #: 1269408

PHOTOS of the new Verizon equipment being installed - May 2026

Coordinates: 29.257266044187308, -94.84662343962955

I found this new T-Mobile mini tower/small cell that was added last year by TILSON Technologies, now under Verta with:

• 3️⃣ CellMax 12010x (CMA-UBDHH-6518/E2-10) antennas with (b2, b66) LTE & (n25) mid-band 5G inside the circular, oval shroud on TOP
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AEHC 64T64R (320W) (n41) 2.5GHz for mid-band 5GUC set at 190MHz located in the MIDDLE
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AHFII remote radio units used for (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE + (n25) mid-band 5G located on the bottom row below the NOKIA AirScale AEHC antennas

T-Mobile added like 3 mini towers/small cells in Galveston, TX last year!

• Stewart Road & 81 Street
• 69th Street & Lasker Drive (Driftwood Apartments)
• Broadway Avenue K & Seawall Boulevard (Chevron Gas)

They added these new small cells to help address the poor signal, weak performance on their network here since their towers are kinda spaced out and they have big marketshare! They decomissioned a site located on top of Galveston Caszatt Condos back in 2022 so it was badly needed! T-Mobile still has one site (eNB 60475) hidden on top of Grand Galvez Resort that is mid-band LTE only (b2, b66) + (n25) mid-band 5GUC, missing (b12) LTE + (n71) for low-band 5G and (n41) mid-band 5G!

SpeedTest was taken 450-500 feet away from the small as you can see from the PHOTO I took! I didn't do the SpeedTest beside it! I was shocked on how good, range you can get on (n41) from this small cell from over 0.4-0.5 miles away!

SpeedTest: https://imgur.com/a/vnPcH0I

Coordinates: 29.273444798325983, -94.83237945260817

AT&T just very recently added a brand new 4-sector site on the TOP rack where Sprint used to b be at above the Verizon rack to help improve the signal, coverage in the area! They previously had very weak siganl, RSRP in this area before along Stewart Road & 61st Street! I heard AT&T planned this site for years according to the engineering team and a c-band case study was filed way back in 2022-2023! Sprint was on the top rack on this site and their equipment was still up on July 2, 2026! Basically, that means that AT&T just very recently added their equipment on this monopole like 2-3 weeks ago!

Verizon also did a full rip + replace on their site last year by removing the older CommScope NHH-65C-R2B antennas with the MatSing-MBA-4.4.2-C2-H2-L2 high-capacity multi-beam antennas to boost coverage, azimuth, propagation in the surrounding area! They also upgraded the backhaul to multi gig! Verizon previously was on the top rack until AT&T took over last month.

T-Mobile is using a traditional set-up, but they have multi-gig backhaul on this site! However, T-Mobile has a lot of marketshare in Galveston thanks to the tourists visiting this town and people going to the beach, cruises!

AT&T:

• 8️⃣ CCI TPA45R-BU6B antennas with bands: (2, 12, 14, 30, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G
• 4️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6472 (B77G/B77M) 64T64R antennas that can do (3.7GHz) c-band @ 80mhz + (3.45GHz) DoD - 60MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack
• Raycap DC9-48-60-24-PC1t-EV for power surge protection for the for the antennas, remote radio units

Ericsson Remote Radio UNITS can be spotted BEHIND the antennas:

• 4️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4490HP (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) 850MHz low-band 5GNR
• 4️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4494 (b14) 700MHz LTE
• 4️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4471 (b30) 2300MHz-WCS LTE
• 4️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4890HP (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE

Verizon (eNB 121660) + (eNB 123283) + (eNB 123285):

• 3️⃣ MatSing-MBA-4.4.2-C2-H2-L2 high-capacity antennas - (MIDDLE) of their rack with bands: (2, 13, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ Samsung MT-6407-77A 64T64R (200W) 3.7GHz n77 antennas (LEFT) side for mid-band 5GUW set at 160MHz
• Ray-cap RCMDC-6627-PF-48 used for power surge protection located behind their antennas

Samsung (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• RF4461d-13A - (b13) 700MHz LTE + (N5) 850MHz low-band 5G
• RF4439d-25A - (b2) 190MHz-PCS, (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE

T-Mobile (eNB 156029) + (gNB 1581822):

• 3️⃣ CommsScope FFVV-65C-R3 8 feet antennas with bands: (2, 12, 66, 71) LTE, (n25) mid-band 5G & (n71) low-band 5G located on the RIGHT side
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AEHC - (N41) 2.5GHz [320W] antennas for mid-band 5GUC located on the LEFT side

Uses NOKIA Remote Radio Units (RRU's):

• 3️⃣ Nokia AHLOA - (b12) 700MHz + (b71) 600MHz LTE + (n71) low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ Nokia AHFIG - with (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE, (n25) mid-band 5G

Legacy Dish (gNB 143620113) bottom rack:

• 3️⃣ JMA MX08FRO665-20 antennas with bands; (n66, n70, n71) 5G

Fujitstu Remote Radio Units - (RRU's) behind the JMA antennas:

• 3️⃣ Fujitsu (TA08025-B605) for (n29) 700MHz + (n71) 600MHz low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ Fujitsu (TA08025-B604) (n66) 2100MHz + (n70) mid-band 5G

Verizon SpeedTest on mid-band 5GUW (n77) + LTE (5GNSA) on Visible+ Pro plan!

Coordinates - Diamond Tower: 29.698600, -95.897900

Coordinates - Skyway Tower: 29.695100, -95.865200

I spotted a new Diamond Tower monopole that recently built and its pretty tall, like around 150 feet! So far, only the monopole is built since I haven't seen any fiber being ran to the tower yet, nor any baseband units for T-Mobile yet! As you can see, they haven't even isntalled the fencing for the compound for the tower! I was told T-Mobile is going on this tower by December 2026! They really need this site because the speeds in this area are atrocious on (n41) that my phone will be preferring (n71) low-band 5G with very weak uplink due to poor RSRP! FCC Registration ID: 1333376

Also, I spotted an newly built Skyway Tower monopole at Cross Creek Ranch Water Plant No. 1 on Plymouth Lane that's around 105 feet tall! It's expected to have Verizon since they are the tenant carrier on the site that planned to be installed by October 2026! It's located beside St. Faustina Catholic Church in a good location because it's beside FM-1093 where traffic can be bad during rush hour and there's a huge neighborhood north of this site on Cross Creek Bend Lane where there's hundred of homes! FCC Registration ID: 1333231

It's crazy to see how much Fulshear, TX has grown over this decade since I keep seeing trees being destroyed and cleared out for more houses, apartments to the extent that T-Mobile, Verizon have been aggressively planning out new towers/macros in the area. AT&T is also adding sites, but not as much compared to their competitors!

Verizon recently co-located on top of this existing transmission power line site a few months ago! I managed to take a photo of it and it wasn't on yet! I don't see an network cabinet, (BBU's) baseband units present on the ground! I only see an generator! Interesting enough, Verizon is using the high-capacity MatSing antennas on this site that are multi-beam, meaning it can cover a lot of people from different sectors, azimuth compared to the traditional CommScope, JMA antennas that I see in other markets! It's good to see Verizon densifying their network in the western side of Katy where they keep on building new homes, businesses, and schools all over the place when it used to be mostly empty, farmland 10+ years old!

Coordinates: 29.73036464817427, -95.88487186033679

Verizon is using:

• 3️⃣ MatSing-MBA-4.4.2-C2-H2-L2 high-capacity antennas with bands: (2, 13, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz low-band 5G + has (n2) mid-band 5G in the (MIDDLE) of their rack
• 3️⃣ Samsung MT-6413-77A - 64T64R (200W) 3.7GHz n77 antennas mid-band 5GUW @ 160MHz (Katy, TX) located on the LEFT side
• Ray-cap RCMDC-6627-PF-48 used for power surge protection located behind their antennas

Uses Samsung (RRU's) - remote radio units behind the antennas:

• 6️⃣ RF4461d-13A - (b13) 700MHz LTE + (N5) 850MHz low-band 5G
• 6️⃣ RF4439d-25A - for (b2) 190MHz-PCS, (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE + (n2) 5G

T-Mobile installed their equipment on this tower back in May 2026 below the AT&T rack! However, they just turned on the site earlier this week and it's pulling tremendous speeds on mid-band 5GUC (n25) + (n41) + (n71) low-band! Interesting enough T-Mobile deployed an 4-sector rack mount, but only 3-sectors have cellular gear installed! AT&T co-located on this tower back in January 2026 with a 4-sector configuration and they seem to also have multi-gig backhaul deployed!

Coordinates: 29.709000, -95.919600

AT&T (eNB 534996) TOP:

• 8️⃣ ACE MA-2L4M-45F8-A12P-A antennas for LTE (b2, b12, b14, b66), (n5) - 10 MHz for low-band 5G located on the LEFT + RIGHT side
• 4️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77D (3.7GHz) 64T64R c-band (n77) antennas being used for mid-band 5G+ set at 80MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack
• 4️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77G (3.45GHz) DoD n77 antennas - mid-band 5G set at 60MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack
• Raycap DC9-48-60-24-PC1t-EV for power surge protection for the for the antennas, remote radio units

Ericsson Remote Radio UNITS can be spotted BEHIND the antennas:

• 4️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4490HP (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) 850MHz low-band 5GNR
• 4️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4890HP (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE
• 4️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4494 (b14) 700MHz LTE

T-Mobile:

• 3️⃣ CommScope FFVV-65C-R2N23 8-port (8 feet) antennas with bands: (2, 12, 66, 71) LTE + (n25) mid-band 5G + (n71) low-band 5GNR located on the LEFT side of the rack
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AVHA - (N41) 2.5GHz [400W] antennas for mid-band 5GUC set at 190MHz located on the RIGHT side

Nokia (RRU's) - Remote Radio Units behind the CommScope antennas:

• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AHLOB - (b12) 700MHz + (b71) 600MHz LTE + (n71) low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AHFII - (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE + (n25) - mid-band 5G