Find Next Century Cities’ guide to the Order here. (Note: This link has since been updated to reflect our newest guide to the Order as passed.) Find Next Century Cities’ complete list of small cell and 5G resources here. On September 5, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the text of an Order in its ongoing proceeding […]
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Find a PDF of this release here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Deb Socia deb@nextcenturycities.org T-Mobile, Sprint Merger Would Harm Wireless Competition, Subscribers Washington, DC (September 11, 2018) — T-Mobile and Sprint’s $26 billion merger would reduce the number of major wireless carriers in the United States from four to three, critically reducing competition in
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Consumer group Public Knowledge has joined up with 17 rural, consumer, community media, tech rights, academic, and civil rights groups to launch Broadband Connects America, a coalition dedicated to ensuring everyone in the US has access to high-speed broadband.
The FCC will vote later this month on new small cell rules aimed at hastening deployment of small cell wireless network infrastructure. Among other things, the FCC small cell rules would limit what municipalities can charge for reviewing small cell deployments.
A San Francisco-based online investment platform plans to launch a Community Broadband Accelerator in the coming months to help localities quickly establish community-owned networks. In November, Neighborly will announce its first cohort of communities, which will have access to its financing at a discount.
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As small cell wireless equipment — those little cell service-spreading doohickeys attached to structures such as streetlights and utility poles — proliferates across the U.S., the National League of Cities (NLC) is looking to help local governments make decisions about how to allow it.
Next Century Cities would like to wish a warm welcome to our newest members! We’re highlighting Hudson, Ohio and would like to share some information about their current projects and future plans. We look forward to seeing what every city accomplishes with our support and through collaboration with other member cities! Hudson, OH joined
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This paper projects the statewide net benefits that could be obtained from installation of rural broadband in all of the areas served by Rural Electric Member Cooperatives (REMC) in the state of Indiana.
NLC and NATOA’s model code is intended as a roadmap to assist local governments in adopting their own ordinances governing use of the rights of way by communications providers. While example language is included in some sections, we do not intend to suggest these examples could work for every jurisdiction.
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Larimer County recently joined Next Century Cities, a nation-wide municipal initiative dedicated to ensuring availability of next-generation broadband internet for all communities.
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