May 24, 2018 | NCC News, News
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would create a national standard for assessing whether rural mobile broadband services are “reasonably comparable” to those in urban...
May 15, 2018 | NCC News, News
The city of Morristown is an example of progressive investments, particularly with regard to its utility’s efforts to improve broadband speeds and utilize fiber optic technology to increase the value of electric power as a community asset.
Apr 17, 2018 | NCC News, News
The day before the Georgia State Legislature wrapped up its session on March 30, the House passed a controversial bill to assert the state’s power over its local governments in the fraught debate about who should set the terms for deployment of broadband...
Mar 22, 2018 | NCC News, News
Yesterday Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed into law Senate Bill 189, the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act, which is designed to make it easier for operators to deploy small cell infrastructure. The bill accomplishes this by defining pole attach and right-of-way...
Mar 21, 2018 | NCC News, News
Network operators may soon find it easier to deploy small cells en masse. The FCC is set to votethis week on March 22 on streamlining the regulatory process for small cells.
Mar 21, 2018 | NCC News, News
Thirty-six local elected officials sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in defense of local decision-making around 5G investments, small cell deployment, and the use of public rights-of-way. The letter pushes back on the narrative that local...
Mar 20, 2018 | NCC News, News
Mayors of 36 cities, including two high-tech hubs, have formally challenged the Federal Communications Commission’s support of policies meant to help network operators deploy small cells.
Mar 16, 2018 | NCC News, News
Mayors and local officials from over 35 cities are pressing the FCC to include more local input as it develops plans to expand broadband deployment and establish 5G...
Mar 16, 2018 | NCC News, News
Millions of dollars have reportedly already been poured into developing technology for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), but CBRS Alliance member T-Mobile warned the device ecosystem for the band won’t flourish without significant and sustained operator...
Mar 16, 2018 | NCC News, News
Thirty-six mayors and elected local leaders representing Next Century Cities, a bipartisan organization, today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that defended local decision-making around 5G infrastructure investments, small cell deployment,...
Mar 16, 2018 | NCC News, News
Next Century Cities is pushing back on FCC efforts to exempt some wireless deployments from local historic or environmental reviews, saying they are being scapegoated unfairly as impediments to broadband deployment.
Mar 16, 2018 | NCC News, News
As the FCC moves closer to a vote next week on streamlining 5G network deployments, dozens of mayors and local elected officials called on the commission today to preserve local decision-making in the infrastructure approval...
