Pai: Pending Auction Limited FCC's Ability to Extend 2.5 GHz Tribal Window
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said the FCC can't further extend the priority window for tribes to apply for 2.5 GHz licenses beyond the recently approved 30-day extension through Sept. 2 (see 2007310027). Tribal groups sought a six-month extension. “The Commission…
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cannot start the process of issuing licenses to eligible applicants until after the window closes, because we will not know the extent of mutually exclusive applications for as long as the window is open,” Pai said in letter posted Friday to members of the House and Senate, including Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, both Virginia Democrats: “A much longer extension would therefore substantially delay our award of licenses to Tribal entities and thus delay their ability to use this spectrum to connect those consumers living on Tribal lands.”