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Hey HN! We’re Daniel and Brian from Sitenna (https://sitenna.com/ https://sitenna.com/). Sitenna is a marketplace connecting wireless carriers, tower providers
by DanielCampion 5y ago
Hey HN! We’re Daniel and Brian from Sitenna (https://sitenna.com/ https://sitenna.com/). Sitenna is a marketplace connecting wireless carriers, tower providers and real estate owners. Think booking.com for telecom cell sites. Currently, it takes wireless telecom carriers up to 24 months to deploy a site because the process is based on screenshots, maps, emails, PDFs and spreadsheets. This is a particular issue with the advent of 5G which requires x6-10 (depending on which analyst you believe!) more cell sites in the network.
We use maps and workflow tools to reduce the time it takes to deploy a new site by up to 75%, saving tens of thousands of dollars. Wireless carrier radio planners can easily search, identify and acquire sites for deploying antennae whilst the tower providers and real estate owners can market and monetise their assets to the telecom market.
I (Daniel) have worked in telecoms my whole career and worked in more than 30 countries. The same issue exists in every market so there is a rather big opportunity ($40B is spend on wireless infrastructure globally per year!) if we can get some solid product market fit. We’d love to speak to any of you that are curious about what we’re doing or if you have any ideas/challenges for us.
- XzAeRosho 5y agoHi Daniel, congrats on the launch! Is Sitenna US only? My FIL works on the telecom industry in South America doing location scouting for antennas, data centers, etc. He would really love something like this.
- briansexton 5y agoHi XzAeRosho Brian here Im the Sitenna co-founder and CTO. As you can see this is a worldwide problem that we want to solve! We will be expanding globally but the initial rollout is US and UK focused. We would definitely love to hear from your FIL on what he is working on at the moment to see how we might be able to help.
- interrealmedium 5y agoGood luck. Yours is the only one in this batch that made me go: "Hey, that's a smart idea."
- briansexton 5y agoThanks. We appreciate that. We have some big plans for the company
- jedberg 5y agoMy house happens to sit right next to a freeway and a mall, and would be the prefect spot for a tower. Can I sign up as a landlord if the land I lord over is a small tract home?
- DanielCampion 5y agoThanks jedberg. You can submit you land to the platform and our radio team will assess it for viability. All going well, you can absolutely manage one site or an entire portfolio
- apayan 5y agoHi Daniel. I'm probably just overlooking it, but I can't find a link on your site to submit my land for assessment. Should I just send an email to info at sitenna?
- briansexton 5y agoHi Apayan can you send the details to sales at sitenna dot com
- apayan 5y agoThanks, Brian. I sent a message to the address but it bounced because the group address is configured to only receive messages from inside the org.
- aresant 5y agoAwesome idea - we own ~44 commercial sites in dense / infill locations and growing quickly - how do we get in touch? For HN this is a great idea because today the process of engaging cell operators is an absolute black box - literally fill in your contact info in a modal and hope for a call back. Zero transparency, totally inefficient and the companies themselves are a giant pain in the ass to deal with.
- DanielCampion 5y agoDelighted to hear you agree! It's been a pain for operators in every market I've worked in so it's not a small problem but starting on HN is a good first step. Send me a DM and we'd love to chat. We've launched in the UK and gathering supply/demand for US so let's chat and see how we can help
- aresant 5y agoNo DM on Hn? And getting an error on your website form
- briansexton 5y agoOdd. The form appears to be ok after some testing. Can you send an email to sales at sitenna dot com
- jamestimmins 5y agoThis looks awesome. For potential real estate investors, how feasible is it to use Sitenna to identify sites that are likely to work well?
- DanielCampion 5y agoThanks, jamestimmins. We appreciate it! As we grow, we will be releasing learnings/white papers from the market including what site characteristics are the most sought after for various site types. The general rule of thumb with sites are: Rooftop - taller than the surrounding buildings, flat roof with easy access, power and fiber access, long line of site over population areas and/or beside areas of high concentrated footfall (eg campus, stadia, convention centres) Tower - land that is raised vs the surrounding area, close to a population area or major road network (eg beside an interchange on a highway)
- mavsman 5y agoIt’s tough to tell if I’m in the target market for this (I just own one piece of land with a house on it) and what kind of benefits and drawbacks I’d get from this if so. This isn’t something I’d ever considered so maybe that means it’s already not for me?