CTIA Chief Meets With Pai on Small Cell Rules
CTIA President Meredith Baker met Tuesday with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to urge the agency to make it easier for companies to deploy small cells. In August, the FCC finalized a revised national programmatic agreement streamlining the approval process for…
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small cells (see 1608080061) and distributed antenna systems. “CTIA highlighted the importance of sound policies at the federal, state, and local levels to facilitate the rapid and efficient deployment of wireless infrastructure to support 4G LTE and 5G networks,” said a filing in docket 16-421. “CTIA encouraged the Commission to adopt the proposals in its recently-released Small Cell Public Notice that would streamline local review of wireless infrastructure applications, clarify actions that prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting wireless service, and ensure that compensation for use of public rights of way is cost-based, fair, and reasonable." Initial comments are due Monday on a Dec. 22 notice.