FCC Votes To Adopt Proposed 5G Upgrade Order
By Eileen M. Keiffer On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) voted to adopt the proposed Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Implementation of State and Local Governments’ Obligation to Approve Certain Wireless Facility Modification Requests Under Section 6409(a) of the Spectrum Act of 2012), WT Docket No. 19-250 and RM 11849 (“5G Upgrade Order”). According to the FCC, the 5G Upgrade Order “clarifies” several aspects of the FCC’s rules adop