Texas PUC Staff Urge Commissioners to Deny ExteNet Petition
The Texas Public Utility Commission should deny ExteNet’s motion to rehear last month’s ruling that the PUC has no authority over wireless network nodes under the state’s 2017 small-cells law, commission staff responded Wednesday. ExteNet said the PUC misstated the…
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new law’s scope so it could be improperly applied to installation of fiber facilities not associated with node installations, but carriers and cities disagree with the wireless infrastructure company (see 1712220037). “ExteNet's motion should be denied because it raises issues that have already been addressed by the Commission's declaratory order,” staff said. “ExteNet's concerns that the Commission's order may be misapplied in the future are unfounded.”