Regulators hang up on cell tower backup rules

Monday, December 1, 2008 | 3:28 p.m. CST; updated 3:55 p.m. CST, Monday, December 1, 2008

KANSAS CITY — Federal regulators have disapproved proposed changes by the Federal Communications Commission that would have required all U.S. cell phone towers to have at least eight hours of backup power.

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