Cell towers in East Providence, Rhode Island
The FCC register lists 16 antenna structures in and around East Providence. That is the 3rd highest count of any place in Rhode Island.
Overview
The FCC register lists 16 antenna structures in and around East Providence, RI. That is the 3rd highest count of any place in Rhode Island.
That works out to 33.2 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 48,249.
Heights are uneven: the median is 61 m (199 ft) but the tallest is 168 m (550 ft), roughly 2.8 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The largest registered owner here is Vb Nimbus, LLC, which holds 4 of them — 25.0% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2022.
Structure types
| Tower array | 4 | 25% |
| Tower | 4 | 25% |
| Pole | 2 | 13% |
| Monopole | 2 | 13% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 13% |
| Tank | 1 | 6% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 6% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Vb Nimbus, LLC Tower company | 4 | 25% |
| T-mobile Northeast LLC Carrier | 3 | 19% |
| Vertical Bridge Cc AM, LLC Tower company | 2 | 13% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 13% |
| Diaz Holdings, LLC Other | 1 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 m (550 ft) | Guyed tower | 1965 | Vertical Bridge Cc FM, LLC | 124042 |
| 124 m (407 ft) | Lattice tower | 1940 | Vertical Bridge Cc AM, LLC | 124040 |
| 124 m (407 ft) | Guyed tower | 1940 | Vertical Bridge Cc AM, LLC | 124041 |
| 120 m (394 ft) | Tower array | 1951 | Vb Nimbus, LLC | 601356 |
| 120 m (394 ft) | Tower array | 1951 | Vb Nimbus, LLC | 601357 |
| 100 m (328 ft) | Tower array | 1955 | Vb Nimbus, LLC | 611005 |
| 100 m (328 ft) | Tower array | 1955 | Vb Nimbus, LLC | 611006 |
| 66 m (215 ft) | Tower | 1947 | Diaz Holdings, LLC | 2608684 |
| 56 m (183 ft) | Tower | 1994 | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 2671079 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Tank | 2012 | T-mobile Northeast LLC | 2679015 |
| 52 m (171 ft) | Monopole | 1998 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 607149 |
| 47 m (153 ft) | Pole | 2003 | American Towers LLC | 605944 |
| 47 m (153 ft) | Pole | 1998 | T-mobile Northeast LLC | 605946 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Monopole | 2022 | American Towers LLC | 2660804 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Global Tower, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC | 2676476 |
| 24 m (80 ft) | Tower | 2010 | T-mobile Northeast LLC | 2668700 |
When they were registered
| 1940s | 3 | 19% |
| 1950s | 4 | 25% |
| 1960s | 1 | 6% |
| 1990s | 3 | 19% |
| 2000s | 1 | 6% |
| 2010s | 3 | 19% |
| 2020s | 1 | 6% |
Nearby places
- Providence 8
- Central Falls 5
- Cranston 20
- Warwick 61
- Greenville 5
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.