AT&T asked the FCC for a six-month extension...
AT&T asked the FCC for a six-month extension of Wednesday’s deadline to meet buildout requirements for its lower 700 MHz B-block licenses. AT&T holds 245 B-block licenses and expects to meet the interim construction deadline for all but a handful,…
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as many as 10, the carrier said in a petition (http://bit.ly/14z6Teb). “In some cases, temporary government moratoria or other restrictions have prevented AT&T from completing the deployment of cell sites,” AT&T said. “In other cases, AT&T has not yet received delivery of transport from its backhaul providers, often in mountainous or other hard-to-reach areas. In yet other cases, AT&T has been unable to procure the services of qualified third-party tower crews due to an unusual shortage currently afflicting the industry, as many different wireless broadband providers upgrade their networks to LTE all at the same time.” AT&T said granting the waiver would be in the public interest. “The purpose of the buildout requirements is to encourage the use of the spectrum and to prevent ‘warehousing,'” the carrier said. “That is not a concern here: AT&T has made B Block deployment a priority, devoting extraordinary resources to using its B Block spectrum to provide LTE service. For many of the licenses at issue, AT&T will likely miss the four-year deadline only by a matter of weeks.” The filing was dated Tuesday, but posted by the FCC Wednesday.