WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service have aligned to produce a guide to help federal land managers work with the wireless industry in placing antennas on government lands.
Siting Wireless Antennas: An Introduction was discussed by the two federal agencies and CTIA in a recent satellite broadcast to about 100 federal government offices.
CTIA said it has been meeting with federal agencies for the past year to produce this training program for federal officials.
Federal policy aimed at creating a competitive telecommunications market says that government lands can be used for siting wireless antennas when it does not conflict with the mission of the government agency involved.
“This is a great example of how industry and government can work together to the mutual benefit of all parties-particularly the public,” said George Shaginaw, CTIA’s senior vice president for technology and operations.
“In producing this manual and broadcast, we learned a good deal about the needs of federal land managers and I know they learned a great deal about the technical challenges that face wireless companies.”
