CCA Raises 5G Fund Concerns With Commissioners' Aides
Competitive Carriers Association representatives, including President Tim Donovan, met with aides to FCC Commissioners Brendan Carr and Anna Gomez on the group’s concerns about a proposed 5G Fund. Issues still exist within the broadband data collection mobile challenge process “that…
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make it difficult for smaller providers to submit challenges,” a filing posted Friday in docket 19-195 said. The BDC “requires mobile challenges to be based on outdoor stationary measurements, rather than in-vehicle measurements” and members have reported “the significant burden and potential impossibility” of comprehensive outdoor stationary measurements of mobile service areas compared with drive testing, which “more realistically reflects the mobile nature of mobile service,” CCA said. The exclusive use of outdoor stationary data “would significantly overstate covered areas” leaving “many areas in need excluded from the program,” CCA said. The group said the low proposed funding level is “a significant issue threatening the overall success of the program” and stressed the importance of coordination with the broadband equity, access and deployment program. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel circulated in March an order that would launch a 5G Fund Phase I multi-round reverse auction, making $9 billion available to target 14 million homes and businesses lacking mobile 5G coverage (see 2403200071).