Rural Wireless Association Urges Predictable, Recurring Mobility Fund
The Rural Wireless Association urged the FCC to approve an annual mobility fund, providing “specific, predictable, and sufficient support to sustain and advance the availability of mobile voice and broadband services in high-cost areas.” Much work remains for rural America…
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to see wireless connections comparable to those in other parts of the country, said RWA General Counsel Carri Bennet in a Tuesday news release. “Dedicated support to sustain and expand mobile voice and broadband services remains as critical as ever,” Bennet said. “Mobile voice and broadband services are critical to public safety communications and rural economic development, and can help address problems such as the ‘digital divide’ and ‘homework gap’ that remain present in rural America disadvantaging rural youth and degrading the quality of life for rural Americans.” The per customer capital and operating expenditures of rural carriers remain much higher than those of nationwide and regional carriers, RWA said.