Representatives of Viaero Wireless shared complaints about the FCC’s Mobility...
Representatives of Viaero Wireless shared complaints about the FCC’s Mobility Fund Phase I auction during meetings at the commission last week. “Viaero noted that the time between the public notice announcing the census tracts available for bid and the short-form…
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filing deadline was short, making it difficult to conduct initial due diligence on hundreds of tracts,” the carrier said in a filing at the commission (http://xrl.us/bn4ocp). “Moreover, the time between the public notice following the auction and the long-form filing deadline was also short, making it difficult to put together build plans and budgets once auction results were learned.” Viaero, which was formerly N.E. Colorado Cellular, also said the line of credit required by the FCC to participate in the auction was “a significant burden for small business because obtaining a commitment letter required as much due diligence as obtaining the letter of credit. ... Without an existing facility with sufficient available credit, Viaero would probably not have had time to refinance. Alternatives to the letter of credit requirement should be explored."