Crown Castle Tells FCC Electric Utilities Delaying Small-Cell Deployment
The FCC’s September wireless infrastructure order “is having a strongly positive effect on its ability to deploy wireless facilities throughout the country,” Crown Castle representatives said in a meeting with Wireless Bureau staff. Other problems remain, Crown Castle filed, posted…
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Tuesday in docket 17-79. The tower owner faces problems getting “investor owned utilities (IOUs) to provide power to small cell installations on utility poles in a timely fashion,” the company said. “Without power, small cells cannot operate, but IOUs generally do not hold to any particular deadline or schedule in providing power to these facilities, meaning that in some cases it can be six months or more between when a small cell is installed and when it is powered up, on air, and providing service.”