Tribal Broadband Advocates Discuss Importance of 12 GHz Proposal
Tribal broadband advocates discussed the potential significance of a proposal giving tribes access to lower 12 GHz spectrum in a call with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Dish Network made the proposal (see 2309110061). The advocates noted the importance of conveying…
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the licenses to tribal governments. “Because Tribal lands are held in trust, they cannot serve as collateral for loans,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 20-443. FCC licenses “are accepted by banks and other lending institutions as collateral,” the groups said: “Holding a license, not merely permission to use spectrum, is therefore not merely a matter of semantics or even a matter of Tribal sovereignty. Holding a license opens doors to needed capital to build the network.” Among those on the call were Public Knowledge, Tribal Broadband and the Open Technology Institute.