Crown Castle International is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company owns, operates and leases shared communications infrastructure that is geographically dispersed throughout the U.S., including towers and other structures, such as rooftops (collectively, towers), and fiber primarily supporting small cell networks (small cells) and fiber solutions. The company's towers, fiber and small cells assets are collectively referred to herein as communications infrastructure. The company's core business is providing access, including space or capacity, to its shared communications infrastructure via long-term contracts in various forms, including lease, license, sublease and service agreements.

EchoStar is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a global provider of broadband satellite technologies, broadband internet services for home and small office customers, satellite operations and satellite services. The company operates in two business segments: Hughes, which provides broadband satellite technologies and broadband internet services and broadband network technologies, managed services, equipment, hardware, satellite services and communications solutions; and EchoStar Satellite Services, which uses certain of the company's owned and leased in-orbit satellites and related licenses to provide satellite service operations and satellite services.