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May 17, 2017 - 10:11 PM
So some wireless companies do include signage on their equipment. For example, see below for AT&T.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/6488/UserFiles/Answers201705/questionImage-1-18045743.jpg)
Others though do not. Sprint includes stickers on their equipment but does not include their name on those stickers.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/6488/UserFiles/Answers201705/questionImage-1-18050011.jpg)
Verizon does occasionally include stickers on their shelters or cabinets. Hard to tell in this photo, but there is a small Verizon sticker.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/6488/UserFiles/Answers201705/questionImage-1-18050814.jpg)
T-Mobile has stickers but normally without their name included.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/6488/UserFiles/Answers201705/questionImage-1-18051409.jpg)
As you can see, equipment does tend to have some labeling but not all wireless carrier's add labeling and for those that do, it isn't always consistent which is primarily a function that over time, practices have changed. For those of us who view sites or photos of sites daily, we can identify the equipment by sight. So I don't know that it is for competitive reasons that equipment isn't labeled. It may be for security reasons. AT&T and Verizon have historically tended to use equipment shelters which have their own locked doors. T-Mobile and Sprint use equipment cabinets on pads, which don't.
I would welcome any input from others in the industry who have any additional input.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/6488/UserFiles/Answers201705/questionImage-1-18045743.jpg)
Others though do not. Sprint includes stickers on their equipment but does not include their name on those stickers.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/6488/UserFiles/Answers201705/questionImage-1-18050011.jpg)
Verizon does occasionally include stickers on their shelters or cabinets. Hard to tell in this photo, but there is a small Verizon sticker.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/6488/UserFiles/Answers201705/questionImage-1-18050814.jpg)
T-Mobile has stickers but normally without their name included.
![](https://data3.answerbase.com/answerbase/6488/UserFiles/Answers201705/questionImage-1-18051409.jpg)
As you can see, equipment does tend to have some labeling but not all wireless carrier's add labeling and for those that do, it isn't always consistent which is primarily a function that over time, practices have changed. For those of us who view sites or photos of sites daily, we can identify the equipment by sight. So I don't know that it is for competitive reasons that equipment isn't labeled. It may be for security reasons. AT&T and Verizon have historically tended to use equipment shelters which have their own locked doors. T-Mobile and Sprint use equipment cabinets on pads, which don't.
I would welcome any input from others in the industry who have any additional input.
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