Public interest groups urged the FCC to avoid hobbling the...
Public interest groups urged the FCC to avoid hobbling the licensee of AWS-4 terrestrial mobile service spectrum with lower power and stringent out-of-band emissions requirements. Without obligations that deter or condition the sale of AWS-4 licenses, the FCC “may end…
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up conferring a $4 [billion] to $6 billion subsidy while actually making the market less competitive if one of the two dominant carriers ends up with the AWS-4 spectrum,” New America Foundation, Public Knowledge and Free Press said in an ex parte filing in docket 12-70 (http://xrl.us/bn27zp). The presumed licensee of AWS-4 spectrum, Dish Network, may get a vote from the FCC to build the terrestrial network this year (CD Nov 22 p1). The groups, filing jointly as the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition, suggested augmenting the buildout requirements with a “use it or lose it” license condition “that would permit other parties to make use of unused AWS-4 spectrum on a localized basis” until the licensee deploys and offers the service, they said during a meeting with Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel and staff.