FCC Won't Tolerate Local Delays of Infrastructure Builds, Raymond James Says
Wireless deployment will raise tough regulatory issues in the months ahead, Raymond James' Frank Louthan said Thursday in a regulatory update. “One of the most important issues facing the industry is the deployment of fiber-based small cells for growing wireless…
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infrastructure demand,” he wrote. “This has been complicated with a lack of regulatory rules for these systems. We believe the FCC will be weighing in as well and will have little tolerance for local hold ups, with no hesitation to use preemption in states that are unreasonable.” The mergers before regulators “seem to be moving in the right direction, and we continue to view cable's need for a wireless solution as a very long-term decision,” the analyst said. Little has changed on net neutrality, Louthan said: “We believe the industry is waiting for the chairman of the FCC to take action and this is likely to be in the late summer to early fall time frame.”