New Mobility Fund Should Consider Costs of 5G Deployment, U.S. Cellular Says
The FCC should take into account the cost of deploying new 5G services as it considers a second mobility fund, U.S. Cellular officials told Wireless Bureau Chief Jon Wilkins and Deputy Chief Jim Schlitchting in a meeting. “We urged the…
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Commission to consider the implications of the coming deployment of 5G technology on the funding that will be necessary to effectively deploy 5G across rural America in light of the anticipated need for significant additional towers to accommodate the reduced propagation characteristics of high band spectrum,” U.S. Cellular said in a filing in docket 10-208. The carrier also counseled against using a reverse auction to award funds. “We explained that this placed mountainous terrain at a distinct disadvantage over flat terrain to stand a reasonable chance of winning and the further difficulty of being able to accurately project the costs of deploying facilities in such geography in advance of submitting bids,” the carrier said.