U.S. Cellular Seeks More Time To Meet Mobility Fund Coverage Deadline
U.S. Cellular asked the FCC to extend a June 25 75-percent coverage deadline for three of the census tracts for which it received Mobility Fund Phase I support. The carrier got support for 26 census tracts total. U.S. Cellular “has…
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encountered unexpected deployment delays at four sites in three Census Tracts, located in the State of Washington and containing approximately 11 percent of the unserved road miles for which U.S. Cellular and its affiliates received Phase I support,” the carrier said. U.S. Cellular “has taken reasonable steps to meet the build-out requirements in the three Census Tracts, including the construction of several new cell sites that are already providing service, but unforeseen circumstances have interrupted construction of other sites,” the petition said. A grant of the petition “is the best way to ensure that 4G LTE broadband will be made available expeditiously to residents and travelers in sparsely populated areas in the three Census Tracts,” U.S. Cellular said. The petition was posted in docket 10-90.