CTIA Chief Urges FCC to Approve Mobility Fund, Streamline Siting Rules
The U.S. wireless industry invested $32 billion in 2015, and $300 billion over the past 10 years, on deploying 4G LTE, but the FCC could do more to further spur investment, CTIA President Meredith Baker said in a letter to…
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the three commissioners posted Friday in docket 10-208. “The investment and efforts of U.S. wireless providers have enabled American consumers and businesses to reap the benefits of U.S. global leadership in 4G LTE wireless networks and services,” Baker wrote. “Yet there is more that can be done to extend those benefits to all corners of our country. ... CTIA is pleased to see the Commission moving forward to implement Phase II of the Mobility Fund and encourages the Commission to move forward with modernizing its infrastructure siting policies so that high-speed mobile wireless services can be rapidly and efficiently deployed.”