SpaceX wants to be America's fourth phone carrier — tower owners are cashing in

SpaceX wants to be America's fourth phone carrier — tower owners are cashing in Elon Musk's SpaceX doesn't just want to beam the internet from space. It wants to sell you a phone plan, and the companies that own the cell towers are already cashing in. SpaceX (SPCX) is in talks for access to at least 80,000 US cell sites, Bloomberg reported Thursday, a step toward building a fourth nationwide carrier. Crown Castle (CCI) is up double digits Friday, with American Tower (AMT) and SBA Communications (SBAC) close behind. AT&T (T) and T-Mobile (TMUS) are sliding, and Verizon (VZ) is lower, too.Tower owners are rising Friday while AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile slide·Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace The biggest tile on that map is SpaceX itself.