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FCC's 5G Pizza Box Can Hold a Person, Conference Told

What some at the FCC liken to a pizza box to deploy 5G is much larger, local telecom officials at a NATOA conference in Tampa was told Wednesday. Showing a photo of himself standing in such a facility, engineer and…

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lawyer Jonathan Kramer, who represents some municipalities, joked at a panel that "it's quite slimming." He showed an array of such facilities that could be up to about 28 cubic feet, under commission rules. While carriers look at rolling out fifth-generation cellular as "a five-year issue," Kramer said that "we as local governments are looking at our communities' aesthetics for the next 50 years" with siting of such structures. "What is the impact on our communities," he asked. The FCC declined to comment.