Pine Cellular Gets 1-Year Extension of Buildout Requirements for Tribal License
The FCC Wireless Bureau approved a request by Pine Cellular for a one-year extension to meet the tribal lands bidding credit (TLBC) construction requirement to deploy service to Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma communities in eastern Oklahoma using one of its…
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600 MHz licenses bought in the TV incentive auction. Pine Cellular got a bidding credit of $2 million and was initially required to construct and operate a system capable of serving 75% of the Choctaw Nation communities within the relevant service area by Jan. 9, 2021. The Wednesday order extends the deadline until Jan. 9, 2024. “We find that strict application of the TLBC construction requirement, which would result in either Pine Cellular’s repayment of its TLBC or automatic termination of its license, is not warranted,” the bureau said: “Neither the repayment of the TLBC nor the automatic termination of the license would facilitate the provision of wireless broadband service to the Choctaw Nation communities, and thus would not serve the public interest or the underlying purpose of the TLBC rule.”