Council to continue deliberations June 15 on small-cell wireless permitting Posted: June 13, 2021 27 Continued deliberation and potential action on a master permit application from New Cingular Wireless to install small-cell wireless facilities in city rights of way are among the items on the Tuesday, June 15 Edmonds City Council agenda. While New Cingular’s current plans do call for the small cells to house 4G technology, wireless representatives admitted that eventually 5G would replace 4G. The carrier is the first to request permission to place small-cell wireless facilities in the city, but it’s expeected that eventually other carriers will submit their own master permit applications. The master permit is the general authority that the city grants a telecommunications provider to place facilities in the city’s right of way.