CommLaw Monitor
News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group
FCC Plans to Speed Broadband Deployment Through One-Touch Make-Ready Fastlane for Pole Attachments
After a year of heated debate between pole owners and service providers, the FCC is poised to adopt a one-touch make-ready (“OTMR”) process for the “vast majority” of pole attachments at its meeting on August 2, 2018.…
5G and Broadband Infrastructure in the Spotlight at August FCC Meeting
The FCC will focus on 5G spectrum and the infrastructure supporting next-generation broadband services at its meeting planned for August 2, 2018. Continuing its push to make more spectrum available for flexible…
Louisville One-Touch Make-Ready Ordinance Survives AT&T’s Challenge in Federal District Court
On August 16, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky granted summary judgment in favor of the Louisville Metro Council to uphold the city’s recently-enacted ordinance amendments providing…