CTIA, Wireless Infrastructure Association Jointly Press for Action on Twilight Towers
Representatives of CTIA and the Wireless Infrastructure Association held a series of meetings at the FCC on twilight towers, with aides to the five commissioners and the Wireless Bureau. A draft item on the towers is set for a vote…
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at commissioners' Dec. 14 meeting (see 1711220026). “The Associations support this item, which recognizes the unique regulatory conditions that fostered the creation of Twilight Towers, the lack of evidence of adverse effects from Twilight Towers, and the public interest benefits of making these facilities available for collocation to support expanded 4G LTE coverage, next-generation 5G networks, and FirstNet,” said a joint filing in docket 17-79. But the groups asked for a few clarifications. For example, the FCC should make clear that “in instances where a collocation on a Twilight Tower must undergo the Section 106 process because it does not meet the stated exclusions, such review would be for the collocation and not the underlying tower itself,” the filing said. Verizon also met with the commissioner aides to support the draft, saying: “Taking action to exclude historic preservation reviews for new collocations on towers that have been standing almost 13 years will obviate the need to build new towers.”