Competitive Carriers Press FCC To Stick With Repacking Schedule
The Competitive Carriers Association filed a letter at the FCC from “a dozen non-nationwide wireless carrier CEOs” encouraging the agency to stick with the current post-TV incentive auction repacking schedule. “The very fact that a dozen smaller carrier CEOs co-signed…
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this letter should send a clear signal to the FCC that non-nationwide carriers are concerned about the repacking process,” CCA President Steve Berry said in a news release Thursday. “Smaller carriers with limited resources greatly depend on a smooth and timely repacking process to ensure they can gain access to the spectrum purchased during the auction as soon as possible. Any delay would negatively put smaller operators’ ability to maintain capital at risk in the interim between purchasing spectrum during the auction and receiving the assets to deploy -- which is something no small business can afford.” The FCC currently has a post-auction timeline requiring broadcasters to vacate spectrum within 39 months. NAB members have pressed the FCC to wait until after the auction before imposing a transition deadline, citing a complicated process and continuing uncertainty (see 1602250038).