CCA Opposes NAB Recon Petition on Repacking Plan
The Competitive Carrier Association filed in opposition to NAB’s FCC petition for reconsideration of the post-incentive auction transition plan, CCA said in a news release Wednesday. “NAB has tried before -- and failed before both the FCC and the DC…
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Circuit Appeals Court -- to delay new broadband investment in the 600 MHz band, and I strongly encourage the Commission to reject any attempt to push back” the congressionally based 39-month repacking time frame, said CCA President Steven Berry. The NAB petition is “nearly 1,000 days past the deadline” to challenge the 2014 auction order, CCA said. The transition plan was issued as a public notice in January (see 1701270064). The NAB petition “wrongfully claims that the FCC failed to perform a comprehensive analysis in determining repacking timelines and procedures,” CCA said, calling it ”nothing more than a regurgitation of its former baseless arguments.” The planned 39-month repacking time frame “will benefit consumers, the industry and the economy, and I strongly encourage the FCC to dismiss NAB’s petition to avoid any further delay,” Berry said. NAB didn’t comment.