Pai Hasn't Appointed BDAC Committee Localities Seek
The FCC got pushback against CTIA and Wireless Infrastructure Association proposals seeking more changes to wireless infrastructure rules designed to accelerate siting of towers and other gear for things like broadband and 5G. Big and small cities and their lobbying…
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groups weighed in, along with industry allies of what CTIA and WIA seek. Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee state and local government members at September's BDAC meeting asked for an ad hoc committee on collocation issues. But Chairman Ajit Pai took no action. Filings were posted mostly Wednesday in docket 19-250. Industry officials said discussions with localities and state officials may be ongoing. The FCC didn’t comment. “We are seeing this level of pushback because the petitions ask for significant changes to the FCC’s rules that go well beyond the minor modifications" the 2012 spectrum law "was intended to allow,” NATOA General Counsel Nancy Werner told us. BDAC should be involved, said Angelina Panettieri, National League of Cities principal associate-technology and communications. “If the petitioners are interested in addressing their concerns through a voluntary process, rather than regulation, then conducting that work in public, through the existing BDAC structure, with a working group that is fairly balanced between public and private interests, seems like a logical solution.” WIA President Jonathan Adelstein told us industry's willing to talk. CTIA said more FCC “action is needed to advance its priority to remove barriers to 5G deployment.”