GCI Supports AT&T's Proposed Approach for Buildout Requirements in Alaska Market
Alaska carrier General Communication Inc. said the FCC should grant AT&T a waiver of buildout requirements for a 700 MHz license for a cellular market area (CMA) license covering Wade Hampton, Alaska. The Wireless Bureau earlier sought comment on the…
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proposed waiver asking the FCC replace geographic-based benchmarks with population-based benchmarks for meeting the buildout requirements for the remote area. “Like AT&T, GCI is working to deploy 700 MHz wireless service in the uniquely challenging Alaska market. GCI agrees that the Commission’s geographic build-out requirements for Lower 700 MHz A- and B- Block licensees are not appropriate for sparsely populated license areas in Alaska, including the CMA covered by AT&T’s waiver request,” GCI said in a letter filed in docket 16-335.