CRTC believes it has jurisdiction on small cell attachments to telco poles

By Ahmad Hathout After receiving multiple applications over three years, the CRTC on Monday opened a proceeding on the regulation of small cell wireless equipment on telco support structures, as competitors accelerate their 5G deployments. The regulator wants to hear from interested parties about whether it has jurisdiction over wireless facilities on those telco structures, whether the current telco support structure tariffs encompass those wireless facilities, and whether there should be a requirement for attaching telecoms to get a permit to hook up those facilities to those structures. The commission said in the notice Monday that it holds the preliminary...