MMTC Supports Some FCC Decisions on Revised DE Rules
The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council hailed the FCC designated entity order, approved Thursday, especially the end of the attributable material relationship rule (see 1507160051), in a news release. MMTC lost its fight to get the FCC to remove…
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the caps on bidding by DEs, but the order allows DEs to lease spectrum they buy to a larger carrier and to sell the licenses they buy in as little as three years. “MMTC and our partners have worked long and hard for DE program reform,” said President Kim Keenan. “Now our charge is to make sure the revised and new rules can produce new and diverse entrepreneurs and businesses that will be able to raise the capital to compete for sought-after spectrum.” The decision “is a step forward in the recognition of the need to make substantial regulatory efforts to ensure people of color are also owners, and not just consumers, in the wireless ecosystem,” Keenan said.