# Cell Towers in Chicago, IL

## Summary

- **Location**: Chicago, Illinois 60607
- **Population**: 29,990
- **Mapped antenna sites**: 1,800
- **Sites with cellular spectrum**: 271
- **FCC records grouped**: 4,738
- **Area**: 0.77 square miles
- **Mapped site density**: 112.5 sites per square mile

- **County**: Cook

## Coordinates

- **Latitude**: 41.877375
- **Longitude**: -87.651057

## Top Licensees by Tower Count

1. **TowerStream Corp**: 63 towers

2. **City of Chicago - Office of Public Safety Administration**: 62 towers

3. **NEXTEL LICENSE HOLDINGS 4, INC.**: 61 towers

4. **BOB, LLC dba Business Only Broadband**: 33 towers

5. **BACKLINK II, LLC**: 31 towers


## Major Carriers

- **T-MOBILE LICENSE LLC**: 25 towers

- **Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III LLC**: 10 towers

- **AMS Spectrum Holdings, LLC**: 10 towers

- **AT&T CORP.**: 5 towers

- **Winstar Spectrum, LLC**: 4 towers

## Related Links

- [View the interactive map](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/near/city-state/chicago/il): Human-readable map for this location.
- [State directory](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/directory/illinois/index.md): Text-first list of locations in Illinois.
- [United States directory](https://www.celltowermaps.com/cell-towers/directory/index.md): Browse all states.

## Data Source

Tower data is sourced from U.S. Federal Communications Commission licensing records. See [llms.txt](https://www.celltowermaps.com/llms.txt) for methodology and access guidance.