Sprint CEO Meets Pai on Wireless Infrastructure, 800 MHz Rebanding
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure and others from the carrier said they met with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Tuesday on roadblocks to wireless infrastructure and other issues. “Sprint addressed the barriers that face Sprint and the wireless industry in our efforts…
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to deploy 4G and 5G services and that the Commission should quickly address the regulatory obstacles that make the densification of wireless networks so difficult,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 17-79. “Sprint noted the significant costs and delays Sprint faces in deployment of both macro cells and small cells that are essential to providing more coverage and capacity to America’s mobile broadband customers.” On the ongoing 800 MHz rebanding, Claure stressed “the need for continued Commission involvement with its counterparts in Mexico to bring this critical project to conclusion as rapidly as possible.”