CPUC R.23-04-006 -
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently launched a rulemaking (R.23-04-006) to implement SB 28 that authorized and directed the CPUC to adopt customer service requirements for state...more
Ninth Circuit Takes on FCC Small Cell Orders -
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed local governments some wins in a decision last week arising from the court’s consolidation of five appeals from three FCC 5G...more
8/18/2020
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Appeals ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Cell Towers ,
FCC ,
Infrastructure ,
Local Aesthetic Regulations ,
Municipalities ,
State and Local Government ,
Telecommunications ,
Telecommunications Act ,
Wireless Industry
Will this Quell Public Concerns About the Safety of 5G Deployments?
As wireless carriers increasingly seek to install wireless networks on utility poles and street lights within communities across the country, they often...more
12/16/2019
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Cell Towers ,
Environmental Policies ,
FCC ,
Health and Safety ,
Infrastructure ,
Municipalities ,
National Emissions Standards ,
National Environmental Policies ,
NEPA ,
Public Health ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Wireless Industry
A new FCC Order updating cable franchising rules could cost local governments in every state hundreds of millions of dollars. The Order arms cable operators with the right to require existing franchise terms be modified to...more
Local governments should take action to oppose a California bill that will drastically curtail local discretionary authority over small cell deployments and mandate use of public property such as street light poles at...more
A cable operator generally cannot transfer control of its business or transfer its cable franchise without the prior approval of the franchising authority. This gives the franchising authority the opportunity to resolve...more
Is It Time to Think About Establishing a Municipal Network?
You are a Major Consumer of Communications -
And your Cable Operator Supplied “Institutional Network” is….
(a) Nonexistent
or
(b) A thing...more