FCC Made Important Move in Approving MFII Order, CCA Says
Some carriers treat the wireless industry like a version of the board game Monopoly, but hopefully the FCC is reinjecting some competition into the market, said Competitive Carriers Association officials in a blog post Friday. Tim Donovan, senior vice president-legislative…
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affairs, and Rebecca Murphy Thompson, general counsel, hailed commissioners' approval Thursday of the Mobility Fund II order (see 1702230042). “Dominant carriers may have already scooped up Park Place and Boardwalk, but competitive carriers have made investments to build innovative, far-reaching networks serving Indiana Avenue, Kentucky Avenue, Tennessee Avenue, and Pennsylvania Railroad,” they wrote. “With the help of Universal Service funding and smart infrastructure policies, carriers can continue to expand to areas where the business case for doing so is absent, either because private investment does not suffice or a dominant carrier has asserted their market power to lock other players in ‘jail.’”