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Wireless Infrastructure Order Published by FCC

The FCC released the text of its order, approved 3-2 on March 22, that revises FCC wireless infrastructure rules with the goal of speeding deployment of small cells and 5G. “The record indicates that this reform will make a real…

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difference in promoting this country’s leadership in 5G,” said the Friday order in docket 17-79. “Indeed, our revised approach to small cells could cut the [National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act] regulatory costs of deployment by 80 percent, trim months off of deployment timelines, and incentivize thousands of new wireless deployments -- thus expanding the reach of 5G and other advanced wireless technologies to more Americans.”