Company Agrees to Pay Fine for License Transfers Without FCC OK
Mobile Communications agreed to pay a $93,600 fine and implement a compliance plan to resolve an FCC Enforcement Bureau investigation of various license transfers allegedly completed outside of FCC rules. The company also admitted it failed to obtain the necessary…
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commission approvals, said a consent decree in Thursday’s Daily Digest. A bureau investigation showed Mobile Communications “completed seven substantial and two pro forma transfers of control, concerning more than 50 separate licenses without first obtaining prior Commission consent,” the bureau said. “These transactions comprised two initial stock acquisitions and further transactions involving additional wireless businesses acquired by Mobile Communications or its subsidiaries, and for which the Company thereafter filed applications and associated waiver requests” seeking retroactive approval. The company didn’t comment.