Summary:

The FCC on October 17, 2014 issued a Report and Order which, among other things, adopts new collocation rules intended to clarify and implement section 6409 of the Collocation Act, and to  establish timeframes within which State and local government agencies must act on “eligible facilities” applications submitted under that act.  In addition the Order clarifies and/modifies the timeframes within which local governments must act on other facility siting applications under the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.  This article primarily focuses on the new collocation rules for applications under the Collocation Act, but also examines the new timeframes for other “facilities siting” applications.

For the full article click here: Order and Rules Governing Wireless Communication Collocation