From Morgan Stanley’s Mobile Internet Report, December 2009, citing local government actions in the U.S. against Section 704 of the 1996 Telecom Act, the recent FCC ‘shot-clock’ ruling in the U.S., and other government policies world-wide affecting mobile deployment:
Page 12 of the pdf –
US Zoning Regulations – Health / Environment Issues +
Lost Property Value Creating Obstacles for Wireless Network Rollout
…[from bullet point 5] Recently, many local authorities have contested Section 704 regulations and believe they should have the ability to prohibit cell site construction based on the negative environmental and human heath-related impacts of wireless technologies that they perceive. Local authorities in Los Angeles and Portland, OR, recently took measures against Section 704 health preemption and are calling on the FCC to change its regulations.
Link information courtesy of Burbank group No Cell Tower in our Neighborhood.