The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy largely endorsed...
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy largely endorsed a call by small carriers, led by the Rural Cellular Association, for an interoperability mandate in the lower 700 MHz band. The SBA office filed comments on an FCC rulemaking…
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notice adopted by the commission in March (http://xrl.us/bm9dhx). “In light of the small business interests at stake, Advocacy supports the FCC’s decision to adopt this notice of proposed rulemaking and encourages the FCC to move forward with final rules mandating interoperability if an industry solution does not present itself in the immediate future,” the agency said (http://xrl.us/bm9diq). “Until this issue is resolved, valuable spectrum that could be used to create jobs and foster innovation will continue to be underutilized.” The office also mentioned special access rules. “After speaking with competitive carriers, Advocacy remains concerned that the current special access rules may be resulting in higher costs and lower quality service for business broadband consumers who could be using those extra resources to grow their businesses and hire more employees,” the filing said. “Advocacy encourages the FCC to continue to examine the growing concerns regarding special access that have been raised by competitive carriers and move forward with rulemaking to address those concerns if necessary."