Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposing a deadline of 150 days for cities and counties to act on applications for new cell towers. The ruling was issued following a request by wireless provider industry group CITA. Arlington, Texas, city attorney Jay Doegey maintains that land-use ...
The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers. The court voted 6-3 Monday to uphold an appeals court ruling in favor theFederal Communications Commission. The case involves complaints ...
Under this law, local governments are prohibited from considering health risks when making decisions about the placement of cell towers. This effectively takes away the rights of people to protect their families, forcing them to accept the construction of cell towers near schools, homes, and ...
That compares with 1 in 4 cell towers that were out of service Tuesday, the day after the storm made landfall. David Turetsky, head of public safety and homeland security at the Federal Communications Commission, said the situation has improved more rapidly for cable customers. On Tuesday, abou...
Verizon's cell towers are seen in this file photo. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo By Harshita Mary Varghese, David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Verizon has fully restored a network disruption that impacted thousands of customers in the U.S. The Federal Communications Commission sa...
Anyone in the position of reviewing cell tower requests who is not familiar with this FCC ruling needs to get up to speed. The FCC took the industry's complaints at face value without requiring supporting data, and brushed aside legitimate questions and concerns raised by municipalities. The imp...
Wireless carriers are struggling to meet the skyrocketing demands placed on their networks by data-hungry smartphones and tablet computers. They have urged policymakers to find ways to free up more radio frequencies, called spectrum, for their cell towers. “The spectrum crunch is a major looming...
"[In 2013,] we should be able to provide a longer battery life to our cell towers," said Rahul Merchant, Chief Information and Innovation Officer and Commissioner at the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications. ...
Some local TV stations are highlighting radiation exposures from cell towers on rooftops —probably prompted by last month’s article in theWall Street Journal.Here’s one fromNew York Cityand another fromPhoenix, Arizona. ___ In 2010, Louis Slesin, the editor ofMicrowave ...
Beginning at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET, cell towers will broadcast the test for approximately 30 minutes. During this time, WEA-compatible wireless phones that are switched on, within range of an active cell tower, and whose wireless provider participates in WEA, should be capable of receivin...