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FCC Comments Point to C-Band Alliance Momentum, Analyst Says

Comments by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Mike O'Rielly at Americas Spectrum Management Conference (see 1909240057) seem to bode well for the C-Band Alliance's band-clearing plan, New Street Research analyst Vivek Stalam wrote investors Wednesday. Pai's indication there will…

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be C-band activity in the fall seems to point to no agency delay in the band-clearing process, it said. O'Rielly made a strong case for the CBA proposal and isn't likely to defend something unlikely to be adopted, he said. O'Rielly's defense of the CBA's potentially profiting off the spectrum-clearing process seems to indicate the FCC order will let it capture most of the proceeds from an auction, it said.