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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California Communications Infrastructure Update: A Look Back at Regulatory Developments in 2021

2021 was a very active year for regulatory developments related to communications infrastructure in California. Several proceedings of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) were intended to: (i) enhance...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

SCOTUS Denial of Certiorari in City of Portland v. FCC Renders Effective FCC's Rulings on Access to Municipal Utility Poles and...

On June 28, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari filed by consortiums of various municipal governments and associations seeking to overturn the Ninth Circuit's decision in City of Portland v. FCC,...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

California Small Cell Bill to Severely Limit Local Government Control of Street Lights and Traffic Signal Poles

Oppose SB 556: Hearing Set for April 19 - Four years after California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed Senate Bill 649, an industry-sponsored “small cell” bill, the wireless industry is back with another bill: SB 556....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC's One-Touch Make-Ready Pole Attachment Rules Upheld; All But One Limitation on Local Authority to Regulate Wireless...

— Lone issue on 5G "aesthetics" in Small Cell Order remanded to FCC — Dissent limited to disagreeing with FCC's above-cost prohibitions on municipal fees in Small Cell Order - On August 12, 2020, a panel of the 9th Circuit in...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Releases Final Text of Rules and Order Expediting Wireline and Wireless Attachments to Utility Poles (Updated)

Some Notable Changes Made to the "One Touch Make-Ready" Rules and Declaratory Ruling Prohibiting State and Local Moratoria on Wireline and Wireless Deployment - Note: This advisory has been updated to reflect that the ILEC...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New California Pole Access Rules: A Boost for Wireless Installation

Back in 1998, California gave pole access rights to competitive carriers. With the explosion in demand for wireless broadband and the rise of 5G, California has recently expanded those access rights. The wireless companies...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

CPUC Rulemaking Opens Door to Revisit Impacts of Wireless in Public Rights of Way - Local Governments Should Respond by May 3

The California Public Utilities Commission just opened a proceeding that may redefine the rights of wireless providers and wireless infrastructure providers to use utility poles and public rights of way. In addition, the CPUC...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Of Buckeyes and Batons Rouges: Ohio and Louisiana Adopt Comprehensive Pole Access and Attachment Rules

In recent separate actions, the Public Utility Commission of Ohio (“PUCO”) and the Louisiana Public Service Commission (“LPSC”) adopted comprehensive pole attachment regulatory regimes intended to facilitate the deployment of...more

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