On the Issue of Anchor Tenancy

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:27:00 GMT

Anchor tenancy has long been part of the dialog in municipal wireless. Basically, the term anchor tenancy has been used to describe one form of revenue assurance that is made by local government to a private-sector partner who commits to deploy a wireless network in a city. As the pullback of private investment in municipal Wi-Fi networks has played out this year, anchor tenancy has moved onto center-stage. But despite all the attention it has received, there has been little thoughtful analysis to look at whether and when it’s appropriate, what level of commitment should be required, and at what point does an anchor tenancy commitment go overboard

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On the Issue of Anchor Tenancy