CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Proposes Protections for 5G Infrastructure Hub and Relay Antennas to Spur Deployment

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has circulated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) for consideration at the agency’s next open meeting on April 12, 2019 to expand protections for over-the-air reception devices (“OTARD”) to…

Courts Continue to Strictly Interpret the Preemptive Scope of Tower Siting Rules

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 imposes limitations on a local government’s ability to deny permits to construct telecommunication towers. These include, among others, prohibitions against discrimination, a review…