Rhode Island cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 222 cell towers and other antenna sites in Rhode Island: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Rhode Island 48th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 69 sites (31%). Warwick has the most listed sites of any city, at 48.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Rhode Island ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Rhode Island
T-Mobile is named on the most Rhode Island sites, 14 of them (6.3%). A carrier is named only when it owns the structure or its cellular licence lists the site, so these counts are a floor, not a total. Most towers in Rhode Island are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Rhode Island sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 9 | 4.1% |
| AT&T | 8 | 3.6% |
| T-Mobile | 14 | 6.3% |
Who owns the towers in Rhode Island
The largest single owner name in Rhode Island is ATC Outdoor DAS, LLC, with 32 sites (14%). Tower companies file under several subsidiary names, so one company can appear more than once below. Our guide to who owns cell towers explains which names belong together.
| Owner as filed | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ATC Outdoor DAS, LLC | 32 | 14% |
| American Towers LLC | 28 | 13% |
| Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC | 11 | 5.0% |
| Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 10 | 4.5% |
| SBA Towers II LLC | 9 | 4.1% |
| T-Mobile USA Tower LLC | 8 | 3.6% |
| SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC | 7 | 3.2% |
| STC Five LLC | 6 | 2.7% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 69 | 31% |
| Pole | 53 | 24% |
| Monopole | 43 | 19% |
| Lattice tower | 32 | 14% |
| Guyed tower | 14 | 6.3% |
| Tower on a building | 3 | 1.4% |
See types of cell towers for how to recognise each one.
Cities with the most listed sites
By the city named on each FCC filing. Filings use the nearest town, so rural towers count toward it. Each link opens the tower finder at the middle of that city's sites.
| City | Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Warwick | 48 | Towers around Warwick |
| Westerly | 12 | Towers around Westerly |
| Exeter | 10 | Towers around Exeter |
| Cranston | 10 | Towers around Cranston |
| Cumberland | 9 | Towers around Cumberland |
| East Providence | 9 | Towers around East Providence |
| Johnston | 9 | Towers around Johnston |
| Providence | 7 | Towers around Providence |
| Middletown | 7 | Towers around Middletown |
| Lincoln | 5 | Towers around Lincoln |
Tallest registered structures in Rhode Island
The tallest is a guyed tower near Tiverton at 1,001 feet (305 m) overall, owned by CTI Towers Assets, III, LLC c/o Symphony Towers Infrastructure. Structures this tall are usually broadcast masts or buildings rather than cell sites, but many carry cell antennas partway up.
| Height | Type | City | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 ft | Guyed tower | Tiverton | CTI Towers Assets, III, LLC c/o Symphony Towers Infrastructure | 1023324 |
| 659 ft | Guyed tower | Hopkinton | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC | 1022425 |
| 551 ft | Guyed tower | East Providence | Vertical Bridge CC FM, LLC | 1022392 |
| 548 ft | Guyed tower | Johnston | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC | 1021693 |
| 535 ft | Guyed tower | Johnston | VB Nimbus, LLC | 1021870 |
What is not counted
FCC registration is required only for structures over 200 feet or near airports, so shorter monopoles, rooftop antennas and small cells in Rhode Island are mostly missing unless a cellular licence lists them. Why a tower is missing from the map explains the gap. The data is rebuilt monthly from the FCC's bulk files.