Bureau Denies CCA Request to Stay Verizon/Straight Path License Transfer
The Competitive Carriers Association lost its bid for a stay of an order transferring 5G high-frequency licenses from Straight Path to Verizon. The licenses include 735 millimeter-wave spectrum licenses in the 39 GHz band, 133 licenses in the local multipoint…
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distribution service bands at 28, 29 and 31 GHz, nine common carrier point-to-point microwave licenses and one nonexclusive nationwide license in the 3650-3700 MHz band. Verizon bought Straight Path and the licenses last year after a bidding war with AT&T and needed approval for the license transfers (see 1705170012). CCA sought to block the deal (see 1708110051). “After fully reviewing the record, we conclude that CCA has failed to make an adequate showing under any of the stay criteria,” the FCC Wireless Bureau ordered Monday. “The competitive injury it alleges is speculative and as an economic loss would not form the basis for a stay. Furthermore, CCA has not substantiated its claim with any factual showing that its members will be irreparably injured absent a stay during the pendency of its Application for Review or that harm is certain to occur in the near future.”