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CCA Supports Rural Wireless Association Mobility Fund Concerns

The Competitive Carriers Association agrees with Rural Wireless Association concerns (see 1803210063) that the Mobility Fund II challenge process “could leave significant rural areas impossible to challenge and supports the request to modify certain challenge procedures,” CCA said in Monday…

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news release. “Under the FCC’s current challenge process, there is a real risk that many rural areas may be left behind in the digital world,” said CCA President Steve Berry. “CCA members serve some of the most rural and hard-to-reach areas, and access to MF II support is absolutely essential to ensuring these areas can reap the benefits of robust mobile broadband services. I strongly encourage the FCC to modify the Challenge Notice to ensure no square foot of the country is inappropriately deemed ineligible for MF II support.”