FCC Extends Wireless Infrastructure Comment Dates; Others Seek More Time on Wireline
The FCC Wireless Bureau extended comment deadlines on a wireless infrastructure NPRM and notice of inquiry to June 15 for comments, July 17 for replies. CTIA, the Competitive Carriers Association and the Wireless Infrastructure Association sought the change, which aligns…
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deadlines with those for a corresponding wireline rulemaking. Industry officials at the WIA conference last week said they hoped the FCC would provide additional time. “Petitioners contend that a number of factors support their request, including that ‘both proceedings share a common objective to address and remove federal, state, and local regulatory barriers that impede the deployment of network infrastructure needed to provide high-speed broadband nationwide,’” said the bureau. “Petitioners assert that ‘many issues that the Commission raises in the items affect both wireless and wireline providers.’” Initial comments were due June 9, replies July 10. The groups noted the wireline and wireless inquiries were adopted the same day, but deadlines differed because the inquiries had different publication dates in the Federal Register. Industry officials said last week they expect the FCC to approve rules in the fall speeding up siting, with action likely first on the wireless side (see 1705230057). Groups, meanwhile, asked the FCC to extend deadlines in the wireline infrastructure deployment proceedings by 30 days. "Owing to the exceptional complexity of the issues at play here, the substantial length of the proceedings whose reversal is proposed, and the broad substantive array of issues at hand, an exception to the Commission’s ordinary policy regarding requests for extension of time is warranted," said a filing Friday in docket 17-84 by Public Knowledge, The Greenlining Institute, National Association of the Deaf, Center for Rural Strategies, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, United Church of Christ and others.