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By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a 2018 decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to cap fees for wireless carriers to deploy “small cells” essential to the adoption of next-generation 5G networks.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit In San Francisco, it has largely confirmed the 3 orders approved by the FCC in 2018 to accelerate 5G implementations, despite the objections of dozens of U.S. cities.
The resolution is a victory for wireless carriers such as AT-T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc and T-Mobile US Inc. AT-T said in 2018 that higher fees charged through Portland, Oregon, prevented it from deploying small 5G cells. in the city.
FCC President Ajit Pai is a “big win” for the commission “and for American consumers.”
FCC commissioners have said the United States over a decade will need to install as many 800,000 small cells for 5G networks. The FCC has said some 5G services will provide data speeds 100 times faster than current service and almost instantaneous response time. 5G networks could eventually lead to capabilities such as remote surgical procedures.
The 2018 FCC ordinances limited the ability of local governments to telecommunications providers and prevented app pole owners and operators from discriminatoryly denying or delaying access to poles to broadband and 5G service providers.
The Court of Appeal upheld the rulings, referring to a provision concerning the authority of local governments on aesthetic regulation.
The panel’s 3 judges agreed on almost every facet of the opinion, however, Judge Daniel Bress disagreed, saying that the FCC had not adequately explained its justification for payment limits, which it limited unless the payments “are pretty close to prices. of a locality.”
(Report through David Shepardson; edited through Jonathan Oatis)