Georgia Lawmakers Take On Small Cell Wireless Technology

Telecommunications companies say installing small cells on things like utility poles and street lights would help them roll out the next generation of wireless technology. Cities worry about local control over where small cells would be installed and how they’d be regulated.

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A group of Georgia lawmakers meets this week to discuss how to roll out small cell wireless technology without robbing cities of the ability to exert local control.

Think of small cells as little wireless hot spots that fill in coverage gaps from larger cell towers.

Telecommunications companies say installing small cells on things like utility poles and street lights would help them roll out 5G, the next generation of wireless technology.