The FCC Wireless Bureau late Thurs. began to circulate an order o...
The FCC Wireless Bureau late Thurs. began to circulate an order on the 8th floor for the July meeting addressing how best to encourage wireless service in rural areas, sources said Fri. Among the critical issues the order will…
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address is power levels of transmissions. Some carriers have urged that higher transmission levels be allowed on the grounds that there’s less potential for interference in rural areas. A CTIA-led group of carriers had a number of meetings at the FCC in recent weeks in anticipation of the order. Last week, the group met with Sheryl Wilkerson, wireless advisor to Chmn. Powell. The carriers stressed that increasing power levels is “appropriate to explore” provided there are also “adequate safeguards against interference.” The carriers also stressed in their meetings that 98% of Americans are able to choose among 3-8 carriers and competition is flourishing in rural America. The group also argued that access to capital has been a bigger impediment to rural coverage than access to spectrum.