WIA Asks CPUC to Extend CMRS Right-of-Way Rules to CLECs
The California Public Utilities Commission should extend right-of-way rules of commercial mobile radio services (CMRS) to wireless pole attachments by CLECs, the Wireless Infrastructure Association said in a petition Monday. A WIA spokesman said the association planned to filed a…
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motion Tuesday to consolidate the request with a California Cable and Telecommunications Association petition seeking the same thing but for wireless pole attachments by cable companies (see 1607210030). “The same legal and policy arguments supporting the extension of wireless attachment rights apply to cable operators and CLECs alike,” WIA said in an emailed copy of the motion. In a February decision granting nondiscriminatory access to carriers, CPUC recognized “there is no obvious reason why” the revised rules shouldn’t apply to CLECs and cable companies, WIA said in the petition. The wireless pole attachments of CMRS carriers are similar to those proposed to be installed by CLECs, WIA said. Extending the rules will enhance competition and promote broadband deployment, it said.