# Cell Towers in Chicago, IL

## Summary

- **Location**: Chicago, Illinois 60614
- **Population**: 72,119
- **Mapped antenna sites**: 642
- **Sites with cellular spectrum**: 89
- **FCC records grouped**: 1,292
- **Area**: 0.77 square miles
- **Mapped site density**: 40.1 sites per square mile

- **County**: Cook

## Coordinates

- **Latitude**: 41.92236
- **Longitude**: -87.652245

## Top Licensees by Tower Count

1. **TowerStream Corp**: 28 towers

2. **NEXTEL LICENSE HOLDINGS 4, INC.**: 25 towers

3. **City of Chicago - Office of Public Safety Administration**: 20 towers

4. **Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III LLC**: 15 towers

5. **Teligent License Company II, L.L.C. (debtor-in-possession)**: 13 towers


## Major Carriers

- **Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III LLC**: 15 towers

- **T-MOBILE LICENSE LLC**: 11 towers

- **AMS Spectrum Holdings, LLC**: 4 towers

- **PDV Spectrum Holding Company, LLC**: 2 towers

- **AT&T Mobility Spectrum, LLC**: 2 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.