RWA Counters T-Mobile Arguments on Bresnan Licenses
The Rural Wireless Association fired back at T-Mobile in their dispute over 700 MHz licenses in Montana and Wyoming. RWA earlier asked the FCC to review a December Wireless Bureau waiver of 700 MHz buildout rules for Bresnan Communications (see…
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1612210038). Bresnan plans to assign the three licenses to T-Mobile. The carrier said in a recent filing the FCC should reject the request since it “merely reiterates arguments” already raised and dispatched. “The waiver request represented a case of first impression where the Commission’s prior waiver decisions would be of limited applicability,” RWA said in a new filing in docket 16-319. “This can hardly be characterized as routine. Under prior buildout policies, failure to meet required coverage benchmarks would result in loss of license and rendered the licensee ineligible to reapply for it. The policy adopted for the 700 MHz licenses in question in this proceeding replaces the former draconian approach with a reliance on market forces and competition to incent licensees to meet their buildout obligations.”