Media Contact:
Matthew Berry, (202) 418-2005
matthew.berry@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER AJIT PAI
On The Removal of Regulatory Barriers to Small Cell Deployments
WASHINGTON, August 8, 2016.—Removing barriers to the deployment of wireless 
infrastructure has been one of my top priorities since joining the Commission.
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  We need to do everything 
we can to allow consumers even greater access to mobile broadband technologies. 
That is why, in 2012, I called on the FCC to renegotiate the Nationwide Programmatic 
Agreement.  That document addresses the historic preservation review process that applies to wireless 
infrastructure deployments.  I urged the FCC to take account of small cell technologies and streamline the 
process for reviewing those types of deployments.  
I am glad that the FCC takes that step today.  In order for the U.S. to continue to lead the world in 
wireless, we must stay focused on ensuring that providers large and small can install the antennas and 
other physical facilities necessary to serve American consumers on the move.  
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Office of Commissioner Ajit Pai: (202) 418-2000
Twitter: @AjitPaiFCC
www.fcc.gov/leadership/ajit-pai
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official 
action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).
                                                     
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Remarks of Commissioner Ajit Pai at CTIA’s MobileCon (Oct. 10, 2012), http://go.usa.gov/wMG9.