WIA, American Tower Urge Action on Wireless Infrastructure Reform
Wireless Infrastructure Association CEO Jonathan Adelstein met with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Michael O’Rielly to urge approval of the infrastructure item scheduled for a vote at the Sept. 26 commissioners’ meeting. “Continue streamlining the wireless broadband siting process…
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to enhance capacity on 4G networks and spur the deployment of next-generation 5G,” the group said in docket 17-79. WIA members face problems applying for eligible facilities requests (EFRs) under Section 6409 of the Spectrum Act, the group said. “Such hurdles include jurisdictions refusing to issue permits (such as building and highway permits for right-of-way work) to construct EFRs that have been ‘deemed granted,’ abusing the exception for concealment modifications, denying the applicability of Section 6409 to their siting process, placing improper conditions on permits, forcing providers to agree to contractual prohibitions against use of EFRs, and using ‘amortization’ requirements to evade EFRs." American Tower officials supported the order, meeting Wireless Bureau staff. It “welcomed the Draft Order’s provisions preserving local governments’ ability to address aesthetic concerns, its adoption of shorter shot clocks for small wireless facilities and its codification and clarification of Section 332 shot clocks applicable to small cells and macro sites,” the company said.