The City of San Jose,
along with fellow cities and municipalities in western states, filed a
petition last week to move their court case against carriers over the
FCC’s September ruling to deregulate small cell deployment.
The San Jose Petitioners, one of six groups seeking review of the FCC order entitled “Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment,”
want the case transferred from Denver to San Francisco. San Jose, et
al, are challenging the agency’s decision to limit how much munis can
charge to attach small cells to streetlight poles and other
infrastructure in public right-of-ways. The
decision also sets limits on how long munis can take to make a decision
on a small cell application. The FCC ruling is due to take effect in
January.
Denver is currently
where appeals are heard when multiple actions are filed in various
appellate courts against the Commission. The Denver location was picked
by lottery as the central location to hear the filings by municipalities
challenging the FCC’s ruling. The petitioners hope to move the venue to
the San Francisco court, part of the Ninth Circuit Court’s
jurisdiction, which has, in the past, provided more narrow
interpretations of federal telecom law, according to a blog post by analyst Steve Blum of Tellus Venture Associates. Continue Reading
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