RWA Says Members Need More Certainty on Proposed 5G Fund
Rural Wireless Association representatives raised concerns about a proposed 5G Fund in a meeting with aides to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 20-32. “We discussed concerns with the framework adopted by the prior administration,…
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and how it could undermine the vital role played by RWA members in delivering mobile service to rural customers that are not served by the nationwide providers,” RWA said. Competitive eligible telecommunications carriers getting legacy high-cost support for mobile wireless, “whose support will be disaggregated by the 5G Fund, are required to use all of their legacy high-cost support received this year, and in subsequent years, toward the deployment, maintenance, and operation of voice and broadband networks that support 5G,” the group said: “RWA members are concerned that their investments could be stranded in the face of the 5G Fund reverse auction as currently structured. … RWA members need certainty from the Commission on how and when this 5G Fund will be implemented, if at all.”