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5G Network: 4 Hacks to Find Cell Tower Locations

Prince Kapoor October 13, 2020

prince-kapoor.jpg  Seasoned Marketing Analyst and Blogger.

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As you must have noticed, with the introduction of the 5G network there are a lot of new wireless networks being added to locations and service centers.

While it is completely your choice on what type of smartphone or wireless network you want to use, before making that choise an important factor to look at is the cell tower locations.

With a knowledge of cell tower locations, you can figure out what kind of network provider you should be using, along with whether 5G or 4G networks are available in your area or not.

But have you ever thought about how you can actually find out about cell tower locations? 

If you said no, then this article will help you out. We'll look at four amazing hacks to find cell tower locations. These hacks are pretty straightforward to use and find the information you want.

 

Why You May Need to Know Cell Tower Locations:

 

Among the reasons why knowing the location of cell towers is useful include:

  • You would be able to know about the kind of services you can expect from a service provider.
  • You can carry out a signal strength test and speed tests too with info about cell tower locations.

 

Hacks to Find Cell Tower Locations

 

Here is the list of hacks to find cell tower locations efficiently:

 

1. Use a Cell Tower Location Map

 

The first option in the list of best hacks to find cell tower locations is using a cell tower locator map, which will let you know about nearby cell towers and signal strengths quickly.

Many such applications are available in the market. For example, one of the top web-based cell tower location map applications is Profone Cell Tower Location.

With an application/website like Profone, you will know about network locations and best possible signal results. You just need to visit the official website and search for your carrier name. By looking at your location, you would get useful network details and other results.

 

2. Service Provider Nearest Cell Tower

 

This hack is perhaps the easiest and most reliable method to know about network service providers cell tower locations, which is by directly visiting their nearest cell tower.

Visit the service provider’s cell tower and ask whether there are other nearby cell tower locations. In so doing, you can learn about the signal strength and what kind of services you can expect from there.

Although every network provider offers different services from their cell towers, some will provide you with a complete coverage type map for your cell tower locations along with the signal strength and other such details that can be very useful and insightful.

 

3. Smartphone Applications

 

There are many smartphone apps that can gather information about network operators’ signal strength.

With such apps, you usually only need to add your location and the service provider’s name. Within seconds of doing so, you then get all the details related to cell tower locations nearby.

You can download these applications to your smartphone based on platforms, such as Android or iOS.

 

4. Field Test Mode

 

In case you want to find out about the cell tower locations and signal strength for your smartphone, there are ways to get such details within your smartphone based on your device platform.

For iPhone devices, tap on the LTE services option and then move to Serving Cell Measure. There you will find information about cell tower location and signal strength.

For Android devices, visit Settings and then move to About Phone. From About Phone, go to Network or SIM Status settings. Under the signal strength option, you should find information about the nearby Cell tower locations and strength.

There you have it—four of the best and easiest hacks you can use to find details about cell tower locations in an area.

Pick any of these hacks and use them to easily and reliably find details about cell tower locations.


Prince Kapoor is a seasoned Marketing Analyst and Blogger. With his skills, he has been helping fellow marketers and brands worldwide.


 

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