Pleading Cycle Set on Sprint/Shentel/nTelos Transaction
The FCC Wireless Bureau released a pleading cycle Friday on a complicated deal unveiled in August, in which Sprint affiliate Shentel would acquire Sprint wholesale partner nTelos Wireless and spin off some of its assets back to Sprint (see 1508100063).…
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“The Applicants assert that the proposed transaction will promote competition and improve service for rural customers,” the bureau said. Applicants claim that post-transaction “Shentel would upgrade the remainder of NTELOS’s current network to Sprint’s enhanced LTE architecture,” the bureau said. They also said "Shentel would invest approximately $350 million and deploy approximately 150 additional cell sites to expand coverage in the NTELOS service area.” Sprint would get an additional 135 MHz of spectrum in 153 counties in parts of Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, the bureau said. Petitions to deny are due Nov. 30, oppositions Dec. 10 and replies Dec. 17, an agency notice said.