Enterprise Wireless Alliance Says FCC Should Address Tribal Review Questions
The FCC needs to address questions about wireless facility siting and tribes that were raised in a May petition by PTA-FLA, the Enterprise Wireless Alliance said in a filing Friday. PTA-FLA, a Jacksonville Beach, Florida-based carrier, said wireless companies' repeated…
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notifications to tribes, often when there's no possible impairment to an Indian site, can add months to the siting process. “It should be possible to strike an appropriate balance between the entirely legitimate interests of Tribal Nations in protecting locations of meaningful historic significance to them and the public interest in facilitating deployment of antenna facilities that are used in delivering public safety, public service, broadband and other wireless communications,” EWA said. “The changes proposed in the Petition may not achieve that optimal balance, but the issues raised are substantive and should be addressed.” The filing was posted in docket 15-80.