CTIA Meets Commissioner Aides on Proposed 5G Fund
CTIA representatives updated the FCC about its stance on a proposed 5G Fund, now before commissioners (see 2403260052). An auction should occur only after funding is released for the broadband access, equity and deployment program, the CTIA representatives urged in…
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meetings with aides to Commissioners Geoffrey Starks, Nathan Simington and Anna Gomez. “The wireless industry is making record investments to deploy 5G nationwide, but there are some areas where difficult geography or sparse population mean that subsidies will be necessary to support mobile broadband,” a filing posted Monday in docket 20-32 said: “While the BEAD program will not directly fund mobile broadband deployment, it is likely to result in the deployment of fiber broadband backhaul facilities and fixed wireless services that will facilitate the expansion of 5G coverage in rural areas.” Representatives of AT&T, UScellular, Verizon and T-Mobile attended the meetings.