Alaska Wireless Network Allowed to Rely on Population-Based Construction Benchmarks
The Alaska Wireless Network got a waiver from the FCC Wireless Bureau to make it easier for the network to meet buildout requirements for a single 700 MHz license. AWN filed the request last year and the bureau sought comment…
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in December (see 1612120049). “In light of the unique and unusual challenges of serving the State of Alaska, the waiver will allow AWN to meet population-[based] rather than geographic-based construction benchmarks for a Lower 700 MHz A Block license, covering the entire State,” said a Tuesday notice: It “will promote the underlying purpose of Section 27.14(g) and serve the public interest by fostering AWN’s rapid provision of new and advanced wireless services to Alaskans, including those living in remote areas of the State, where competition and choice of available services is often limited.”