Australian carriers seek lower regulatory hurdles for taller towers Australia's Department of Communications wants to make it easier for carriers to build radio towers – and with everything on the table from heritage building access to objection procedures, there's likely to be a Battle Royale on the way. The department has published a consultation paper, here, on request from carriers who …
"The carriers also want to increase the maximum height of building-mounted antennas from three to five metres above a building's envelope."
A fibreglass fake turret (or whatever) could be used to house the antennae. It would require some thought and some money though so it probably wouldn't happen.
If they're free to run cables across bridges etc., you just know that they'll do it in the neatest, tidiest and most careful way possible.
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