Cutting Red Tape Could Boost 5G Deployment by Billions of Dollars, Corning Says

Lower small-cell attachment and application fees would mean more widespread deployment of 5G, Corning said, posted Thursday in FCC docket 17-79. Corning funded the report by CMA Strategy Consulting. “Reducing small cell attachment and application fees could reduce deployment costs by $2.1 billion over five years, or $7,900 per small cell built,” Corning said. “These cost savings could lead to an additional $2.6 billion in capital expenditure due to additional neighborhoods moving from being economically unviable to becoming economically viable, with 97 percent of this capital expenditure going towards investment in rural and suburban areas.”