Sprint Asks FCC to Address Infrastructure Problems
Sprint representatives encouraged the FCC to move forward with a proposal on wireless infrastructure siting delays faced by carriers. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai circulated an NPRM and notice of inquiry on wireless infrastructure deployment for a vote at the April…
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20 meeting (see 1703300060), and it refers to a petition by Mobilitie, asking the agency to pre-empt local authority over rights of way. Sprint said it met with acting Wireless Bureau Chief Nese Guendelsberger and others from the bureau. “Sprint expressed its support of Mobilitie’s Petition for Declaratory Ruling to reign in the excessive fees charged by some local governments for the siting of small cell wireless facilities,” said a filing in docket 16-421. “Sprint also expressed its support of additional Commission action to reduce barriers to infrastructure deployment as reflected in the proposed Notice of Proposed Rulemaking circulated last week. We discussed the need to reign in fees and delays from all sources, whether imposed by local governments or through environmental and historic review processes.”