New Regulatory and Legislative Developments Impacting Wireless Attachments

2 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern

This is the second webinar of the Wireless Pole Attachments Webinar Series. 

Series Description

The rapid and widespread deployment of new small cell wireless broadband facilities has become a priority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress, and many states. As a result, public power utilities across the nation are facing increasingly complex wireless pole attachment issues and growing requests for attachments of small cell facilities or distributed antenna systems are creating significant new challenges.

Learn about the latest developments and most significant issues facing public power utilities at the federal, state and local levels, including an in-depth review of 5G. Hear how public power utilities of all sizes are successfully negotiating agreements and managing wireless attachments. Topics include:

• Developments at the FCC, state and local level
• Developments on the FCC’s Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC)
• Developments in technological, business, and public relations issues

Webinar Description

Wireless broadband providers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress and state legislatures are increasingly pushing for ways to streamline and lower the cost of access to poles, ducts, conduits, street lights, towers, and other publicly-owned infrastructure to facilitate the deployment of small cell wireless facilities. The FCC has created a Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC) to make recommendations on model federal, state and local laws and regulations aimed at facilitating wireless broadband deployment. BDAC is poised to finalize its recommendations in the spring and early part of summer ‘18.

This webinar will cover the BDAC recommendations and the significant impact that they could have on the ability of public power utilities to manage their poles and other facilities, if enacted by the FCC or the states. You’ll also learn about the status of wireless regulatory and legislative initiatives of the FCC, Congress and the States.

Who Should Participate

Managers, engineers, lawyers, and other representatives of public power utilities that own or control poles, ducts, conduits, towers, buildings, or other facilities that support wireline or wireless communications attachments.

Speakers

• Jim Baller, President, Baller, Stokes & Lide, PC, Washington, D.C.
• Joanne Hovis, President, CTC Technology & Energy, Kensington, Maryland
• Sean Stokes, Principal, Baller, Stokes & Lide, PC, Washington, D.C.

Registration/Fee Information

Individual webinars: $99 for Association; $199 for nonmembers

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The three-part series (discounted rate): $250 for Association members; $550 for nonmembers

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• Webinars are recorded and available for playback, in case you miss the live version.