The FCC's recent NPRM proposing to expand the OTARD rule to cover carrier hub facilities is part of the same trend that produced San Francisco's mandatory access ordinance, Article 52.

Can a mast and antenna structure that is exempt from local zoning regulation under the FCC's OTARD rule qualify as an "existing tower or base station" that may be upgraded without local interference under section 6409 (a) of the Federal Spectrum Act?

As discussed in Part II, the FCC clarified its exclusion of “carrier hub” facilities from OTARD protection in the Continental Airlines case, decided in 2006. In particular, antenna facilities that are used to service multiple customers are not “carrier hub” facilities as long as the customers are physically located at the site where the antenna is deployed. However, that analysis raises the question of how the antenna site “location” is to be defined and described.

How the Continental Airlines declaratory ruling affects analysis of the distinction between protected customer-end antennas and unprotected carrier hub antenna facilities under the OTARD rule.

The deployment of 5G wireless networks on a wide scale will require the installation of hundreds of thousands of small cell devices in strategic locations to deliver high-frequency signals over the last mile to the customer premises.

On Monday, June 11, the Federal Communications Commission’s December 14, 2017 repeal of the agency’s 2015 Open Internet Order will go into effect. This repeal not only eliminates the 2015 Open Internet Rules, but also eliminates the agency’s authority to oversee the broadband market. The following statement should be attributed to Gigi Sohn: