The FCC Wireless Bureau Friday rejected a motion by Public...
The FCC Wireless Bureau Friday rejected a motion by Public Knowledge and the Rural Telecommunications Group asking for an extended deadline for commenting on how a proposed license swap between Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile would affect the Verizon/SpectrumCo transaction (CD…
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July 6 p12). Verizon and SpectrumCo had opposed the motion (http://xrl.us/bnfq54). “It is the Commission’s policy that extensions of time are not routinely granted,” the bureau said. “We are not persuaded, under the circumstances outlined in the Motion, that Public Knowledge and RTG have shown good cause that granting the Motion for an extension of time would serve the public interest. The Commission has an obligation to review the transactions proposed in the Verizon Wireless/SpectrumCo/Cox Applications as expeditiously as possible, consistent with the public interest."