A group of Education Broadband Service licensees supported Dish Network’s...
A group of Education Broadband Service licensees supported Dish Network’s calls for holding the Sprint Nextel/Softbank deal in abeyance, while the commission looks more closely at Sprint’s purchase of the rest of Clearwire and the ENS licenses in Clearwire’s spectrum…
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portfolio (CD Jan 18 p17). “The EBS spectrum at issue in this proceeding has always been given serious and deliberate attention and consideration by the Commission because it is the only ‘Educational’ wireless spectrum in the United States,” said the licensees, represented by RJGLaw and attorney Rudolph Geist. “There are major ramifications of the Commission allowing control by a foreign corporation of the U.S. Educational spectrum. All issues surrounding the propriety of such potential consequence must be very carefully considered in the proceeding -- and all interested parties should have a full and fair opportunity to respond -- before any determination may be made. Holding the proceeding in abeyance will serve to slow down a possibly hasty -- and unnecessary -- pleading cycle and review of the transaction."