Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, L.P. v. Township of Nether Providence

MEMORANDUM

ROB RENO, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Omnipoint is a provider of wireless communications between portable telephone customers. In order to provide the service, Omnipoint must arrange for “cell sites” that connect cellular telephone signals into ordinary telephone lines in a honeycomb pattern, which enables the areas served by different cell sites to overlap. Omnipoint contends that there is a gap in coverage, i.e., an area where Omni-point’s signal will not reach its customers, along Pennsylvania Route 252, a major north-south road. To improve its service, Omnipoint wishes to…