Parts of FCC 5G Fund Order Effective Jan. 13 Though Auction Uncertain
Parts of the FCC’s August order approving a 5G Fund auction are effective Jan. 13 said a notice for Friday’s Federal Register. The auction is potentially in doubt. The order was approved 4-1 with Commissioner Brendan Carr dissenting. Carr was…
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concerned that the FCC should have waited for additional clarity on what NTIA's BEAD program will support before holding a 5G Fund auction (see 2408290041). President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Carr to lead the FCC. “It is never wise to build on top of a faulty foundation,” Carr said in August: “The government’s focus today should be on fixing the fundamental flaws with BEAD and getting that program back on track.” He called for the elimination of BEAD’s diversity, equity and inclusion requirements, “climate change agenda, unlawful price controls, technology preferences, and the wish list of progressive policy goals that have nothing to do with quickly connecting Americans.”