Frontier says its fiber-to-the-tower business is booming

Frontier Communications inked a high-profile fiber-to-the-tower (FTTT) deal with AT&T in February 2023, but it’s not the only wireless carrier buying up Frontier’s fiber wares. Frontier's Vishal Dixit said that the company now has active deals in place with all four major US wireless providers, the result of Frontier’s efforts over the past six to nine months to reinvigorate its FTTT business. While its ongoing residential build is more often discussed by executives and analysts alike, Dixit said the FTTT play is an important part of its strategy. Building up this business, he explained, will help Frontier lock in a “base load” of long-term revenue given tower contracts can carry terms of five years or more. “It’s definitely profitable,” Dixit said of the tower business, though he declined to say how much Frontier can make off each tower.