WISPA Urges 2.5 GHz Bidding Credits, Smaller Auction Blocks
Wireless ISP Association President Claude Aiken said it backs most aspects of the draft 2.5 GHz band reallocation order on July's agenda (see 1906190063), but using small business and rural provider bidding credits would encourage more participation by small providers…
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in or near rural areas. His comments came in a phone call with an aide to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. In the docket 18-120 ex parte posting Friday, WISPA also said it's disappointed with the proposed spectrum block sizes, with the 100 MHz band being likely beyond what a small provider could pay and the 16.5 MHz block being too small on a stand-alone basis. The FCC should at least cleave the 100 MHz block into 60- and 40-MHz blocks, with one bidder able to buy both in a county, it said.