Administrative/Regulatory
Aug. 19, 2020
For ruling on 5G regulations, 9th circuit turns to payphones
The court this month applied the standard from one of the oldest communications devices — payphones — to largely uphold the Federal Communications Commission’s preemptions of local regulations for emerging 5G wireless technology.
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this month applied the standard from one of the oldest communications devices -- payphones -- to largely uphold the Federal Communications Commission's preemptions of local regulations for emerging 5G wireless technology. The FCC's "material inhibition" standard was established in a 1997 order reviewing a local regulation that restricted the placement of pay phones on private property outdoors. The FCC held that the regulation did...
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