RWA Makes Alternate Proposal for Funding 5G
The Rural Wireless Association raised concerns on a proposed 5G Fund and called instead for a fund modeled on the alternative connect America cost model (see 2207190056). RWA representatives met with an aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr to discuss a…
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draft Further NPRM on the 5G Fund, set for a Sept. 21 vote (see 2308310059). “Legacy high-cost mobile carriers have been using legacy support to upgrade their networks from 2G to 3G to 4G to 5G, and in that time, they have been great stewards of the high-cost funds,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 20-32: “But under this framework, if they lose at auction, their investments in their networks and communities will be stranded.”