The Lawton City Council issued a stop work order on the small cell wireless facility slated to be installed on this pole in the 6400 block of Northwest Arrowhead Drive. City staff was directed to investigate options based on what peer cities such as Edmond and Norman are doing about these installations. City Hall has issued permits for 24 small cell wireless facilities, and all of the poles to support their equipment have been installed, Lawton Community Services Director Charlotte Brown said. According to the Federal Communications Commission, small wireless facilities “use components that are a fraction of the size of traditional cell tower deployments and can often be installed on utility poles, buildings, and other existing structures.” They can be “deployed to provide coverage in targeted locations up to 1.2 miles by moving radios closer to users, and to provide additional capacity in areas with higher demands for wireless voice and data services.
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