Don't Reward Bresnan for 'Warehousing' Spectrum, RWA Tells FCC
The Rural Wireless Association met with FCC staff to explain its request that the FCC review a December Wireless Bureau waiver of FCC 700 MHz buildout rules requested by Bresnan Communications (see 1612210038). Bresnan plans to assign the three licenses,…
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covering parts of Montana and Wyoming, to T-Mobile. RWA reported on meetings with aides to Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. “RWA discussed the history of the rulemaking proceeding that resulted in the adoption of the 700 MHz buildout requirements and the Commission’s intent that such requirements achieve its goal of preventing the warehousing of 700 MHz spectrum,” RWA said in a Wednesday filing in docket 16-319. By allowing Bresnan to “sit on its licenses for eight years without taking any steps to buildout, and then enter into an agreement to sell its licenses to T-Mobile at the eleventh hour” the FCC has “rewarded Bresnan for the warehousing of its spectrum,” RWA said.