Current Issues in WiMax, 4G and LTE Leases
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Benefits
High speed over the air broadband service for your mobile device, computer, home or office - sometimes called WiMAX, 4G or LTE service - is being rolled out across the country. For example, WiMAX is like Wi-Fi computer service, but covers an entire city or county. These new services will lead to more leases of land for communications towers because often (especially for WiMAX) an entire new set of antennas and some new towers will be required for the areas receiving the service, but some antennas will be put on existing cell towers. For many of these existing towers and the landowners who leased the land for them, WiMAX, 4G and LTE raise the issue of whether a lease amendment with increased rent is required to add the new antennas and facilities.
This live audio conference will focus on the unique aspects of WiMAX, 4G and LTE tower leases and zoning, and will help level the playing field by providing private, state and municipal wireless site owners with the expertise of two faculty members experienced in wireless leases and telecommunications matters. It will also touch on some of the other key business issues in wireless site leases, including lease rates and who gets the revenues from additional antennas or carriers being co-located at a site.
These services can have unique zoning issues which can translate into lease issues, due to differences between WiMAX, 4G and LTE providers as compared with wireless phone companies. In California and states with similar laws, required environmental reviews may have to consider the impact of the entire proposed wireless network. WiMAX, 4G and LTE companies may raise discrimination or other claims, such as claiming protection under federal cell tower zoning or telecommunications statutes, if their zoning or other results differ from those for conventional cell phone companies.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to recognize and understand some of the unique differences between WiMAX, 4G and LTE services, especially as they relate to leases of property for their antennas and facilities.
- You will be able to describe zoning issues that can be unique to WiMAX and other antennas and potential resolutions.
- You will be able to explain key concepts which should be in WiMAX, 4G and LTE leases, so as to protect the property owner.
- You will be able to identify whether WiMAX, 4G and LTE antennas can be added to an existing tower under the current lease or whether a lease amendment and rent increase are appropriate.
Agenda
What Are WiMAX, 4G and LTE Services – How Do They Differ From Traditional Wireless and WiFi?
Where Will These Services Be Provided in the Next Few Years and by Whom?
What Kinds of Towers Will Be Needed?
When Does the WiMAX, 4G or LTE Provider Have to Get a New Lease or Lease Amendment With Increased Rent to Put Its Antennas on an Existing Tower or Wireless Site?
Rent Amounts, Terms and Escalators for WiMAX, 4G and LTE
What Other Antennas and Towers Can Be Put on the WiMAX, 4G and LTE Site?
Who Gets the Revenues If Another Provider Adds Its Antenna to the Tower?
How to Address Potential Radio Interference From WiMAX, 4G and LTE
Identifying and Avoiding Camouflaged Lease Terms That Can Harm the Property Owner’s Rights and Duties
Protecting the Owner If the Provider Sells or Goes Bankrupt
RF Safety Environmental Review of WiMAX, 4G and LTE Towers and Network
Preparing for Zoning Review and Issues for WiMAX, 4G and LTE Towers
Faculty
John W. Pestle, Esq., Varnum LLP
Jonathan L. Kramer, Esq., Kramer Telecom Law Firm, P.C.
John W. Pestle, Esq.
- Partner with the Varnum LLP law firm and chair of its Telecommunications Group
- Represented municipalities for more than 25 years on cable, telecommunications and utility matters, including cell towers and Wi-Fi
- Law firm has assisted on many cell tower, WiMAX leases and provided more than 500 communities nationwide with model cellular tower zoning ordinances, cell tower leases and related materials
- Law firm represented the National League of Cities and other national municipal groups at the Federal Communications Commission opposing proposed FCC limits on zoning, permitting and related matters for cellular and broadcast towers
- Received Member of the Year award from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors for work on cable and telecommunications matters
- Received a Special Award of Merit from the Michigan Municipal League in 2006 for his years of work representing municipalities on cable and telecommunications matters
- Past chair of the Municipal Lawyers Section of the State Bar of Michigan and past chair of the Legal Section of the American Public Power Association
- Graduate of Harvard College, Yale Graduate School and the University of Michigan Law School, and held FCC license to work on radio, TV and ship radar transmitters
- Can be contacted at 616-336-6000, ex. 6725, or jwpestle@varnumlaw.com
Jonathan L. Kramer, Esq.
- Heads the Kramer Telecom Law Firm, P.C., and Kramer Firm, Inc., both based in Los Angeles
- Radio frequency engineer and an attorney admitted to practice in California
- Concentrates on law and technology issues of broadband and wireless telecommunications
- Wireless siting planner and radio frequency engineer, and wireless lecturer for hundreds of local governments throughout the United States for 18 years
- Testifying expert or trial consultant in wireless cases
- Published feature articles on wireless tower siting in government and wireless industry journals
- Co-wrote and edited the FCC’s publication, A Local Government Official’s Guide to Transmitting Antenna RF Emission Safety: Rules, Procedures and Practical Guidance
- National member of NATOA for more than 20 years and its only twice-honored Member of the Year
- Fellow member of the Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers, U.K. Society, and an elected senior member of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, U.S. Society
- Licensed by the FCC, holding its highest grade licenses for commercial radiotelephone, radar and marine digital communications, as well as its highest grade amateur radio license, and licensed as a low-voltage communications contractor in California
- Can be contacted at 310-312-9900, ex. 121, or Kramer@TelecomLawFirm.com
These Materials are Designed For
This live audio conference is designed for attorneys, planners, directors of development, project managers, government administrators, council and board members, land use and zoning officials, engineers, architects, surveyors and real estate professionals.
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