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...
Mar 16, 2018 | NCC News, News
A group of 36 local elected officials, mostly mayors, sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday criticizing its efforts to undercut their jurisdictions’ oversight of 5G...
Mar 16, 2018 | 5G, Blog Entry, News, Policies and Ordinances, Resources, Rights of Way Management, Small Cells, Spotlight City
In tech media, wireless and mobile technologies continue to make daily headlines in articles peppered with a plethora of terminology, such as: 5G, IoT, DAS, small cells, fixed wireless, licensed and unlicensed spectrum, LTE-U, LTE-M, and LoraWan to name a few. As we...
Mar 15, 2018 | Blog Entry, News, Resources, Rights of Way Management, Small Cells
Today, 36 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 7, 2018 | Blog Entry, News
Today Next Century Cities hosted a policy forum at SXSW EDU in Austin, Texas. The forum, “Collaboration as a Path to Digital Equity,” discussed how the City of Charlotte, N.C., Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools, and the non-profit Eliminate the Digital Divide (E2D)...
Mar 5, 2018 | NCC News, News
Cities across the United States are warning of what they say is an illegal assault on the public’s right of way, facilitated by state and federal authorities on behalf of major telecommunications companies. At issue is the rollout of new infrastructure for the...
