The Rural Telecommunications Group urged the FCC to...
The Rural Telecommunications Group urged the FCC to finalize spectrum aggregation rules and address calls for a 700 MHz interoperability mandate. “Excessive spectrum concentration, especially when scarce spectrum resources transfer from small, rural and regional carriers to the country’s largest…
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mobile carriers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless” hurts competition, the group said (http://bit.ly/15UHUmF). “The FCC’s failure to take action in its pending spectrum aggregation and interoperability proceedings is harming consumers. The Commission needs to act as soon as possible to address these pending issues in a manner that ensures a competitive wireless telecommunications marketplace.” The FCC should “take note of the policies of nearly two dozen international regulators and adopt clear, upfront limits on the amount of low-frequency spectrum any one carrier can acquire in the upcoming incentive auction,” the Competitive Carriers Association said in a separate letter to the FCC, according to a news release. “There is international consensus that low-band spectrum is less costly to deploy, especially in rural and hard-to-reach areas, provides better coverage over larger distances, and provides superior coverage inside buildings in urban and suburban areas,” said CCA President Steve Berry. “Every carrier, large and small, needs low-band spectrum. The FCC should carefully review these international findings that prove how important it is for all carriers to have meaningful opportunities to bid on and win this spectrum at the upcoming incentive auction."