american tower corporation and subsidiaries notes to consolidated financial statements 2014 ( continued ) maturities 2014as of december 31 , 2007 , aggregate carrying value of long-term debt , including capital leases , for the next five years and thereafter are estimated to be ( in thousands ) : year ending december 31 .
based solely on cash for towers acquisitions , what was the average cost per tower acquired in 2005-2007?
4 . acquisitions during the years ended december 31 , 2007 , 2006 and 2005 , the company used cash to acquire a total of ( i ) 293 towers and the assets of a structural analysis firm for approximately $ 44.0 million in cash ( ii ) 84 towers and 6 in-building distributed antenna systems for approximately $ 14.3 million and ( iii ) 30 towers for approximately $ 6.0 million in cash , respectively . the tower asset acquisitions were primarily in mexico and brazil under ongoing agreements . during the year ended december 31 , 2005 , the company also completed its merger with spectrasite , inc . pursuant to which the company acquired approximately 7800 towers and 100 in-building distributed antenna systems . under the terms of the merger agreement , in august 2005 , spectrasite , inc . merged with a wholly- owned subsidiary of the company , and each share of spectrasite , inc . common stock converted into the right to receive 3.575 shares of the company 2019s class a common stock . the company issued approximately 169.5 million shares of its class a common stock and reserved for issuance approximately 9.9 million and 6.8 million of class a common stock pursuant to spectrasite , inc . options and warrants , respectively , assumed in the merger . the final allocation of the $ 3.1 billion purchase price is summarized in the company 2019s annual report on form 10-k for the year ended december 31 , 2006 . the acquisitions consummated by the company during 2007 , 2006 and 2005 , have been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting in accordance with sfas no . 141 201cbusiness combinations 201d ( sfas no . 141 ) . the purchase prices have been allocated to the net assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition . the company primarily acquired its tower assets from third parties in one of two types of transactions : the purchase of a business or the purchase of assets . the structure of each transaction affects the way the company allocates purchase price within the consolidated financial statements . in the case of tower assets acquired through the purchase of a business , such as the company 2019s merger with spectrasite , inc. , the company allocates the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated fair values as of the date of acquisition . the excess of the purchase price paid by the company over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired has been recorded as goodwill . in the case of an asset purchase , the company first allocates the purchase price to property and equipment for the appraised value of the towers and to identifiable intangible assets ( primarily acquired customer base ) . the company then records any remaining purchase price within intangible assets as a 201cnetwork location intangible . 201d .