Last year the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, with an eye on supporting domestic 5G deployment rollouts, passed an order superseding city-level controls associated with siting wireless infrastructure. The order kicked in on Jan. 14 following a Jan. 10 court decision upholding the FCC’s authority.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied a motion to stay the FCC decision. Primary tenets of the order include: