Cutting Red Tape Critical to 5G, Say 5G Americas, Small Cell Forum
5G Americas and the Small Cell Forum want streamlined siting rules, saying they are critical to U.S. success on 5G. If challenges of siting small cells aren’t addressed quickly, “many of the benefits which governments, regulators and cities hope to…
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derive from 5G -- such as smart city platforms and the Industrial IoT -- will be severely compromised,” the groups said Wednesday. “Altering regulatory policies at the national, state and city level is imperative to reduce the time and cost of deploying small cells at scale.” They released a paper on the benefits of densified wireless networks. “Municipalities, citizens and operators should be partners, not adversaries, in delivering the future of 5G connectivity,” said 5G Americas President Chris Pearson.