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Administrative/Regulatory

Feb. 10, 2015

FCC guidance attempts to reconcile mobile data needs with municipal zoning concerns

Some muni law attorneys take issue with federal regulators guidance that they believe takes away much of local government's power to control the process under which wireless providers can modify old and build new cell towers.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


New Federal Communications Commission guidance on cell tower site regulation set to take effect in April has some municipal and telecommunications attorneys concerned that wireless providers have been given too much leeway in the quest to provide more mobile bandwidth for consumers.


The new rules flesh out several sections of federal law concerning the construction and expansion of wireless towers and ...

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