AT&T expects an order on circulation for the...
AT&T expects an order on circulation for the Oct. 17 FCC meeting (CD Sept 29 p3) to provide key relief that will help the wireless industry build the facilities it needs to manage growth, said Joan Marsh, AT&T vice president-federal…
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regulatory, in a Thursday blog post (http://bit.ly/1xGET8b). The item is expected to offer “a series of straight-forward and sensible reforms consistent with programmatic requirements that will expedite environmental and historic preservation review of new and modified wireless facilities,” Marsh wrote. “We also believe the item will provide much needed clarification of certain federal statutes that were enacted to streamline state and local review of wireless infrastructure proposals.” The order should mean “more efficient and timely small cell deployments,” she said. “Similarly, we anticipate that the item will permit the collocation of new antennae without additional approvals in certain limited circumstances, for example on rooftops where a visible antenna already exists or within close proximity to an existing antenna array."