RWA on Board With FCC Proposal on CBRS Band

The Rural Wireless Association supports the FCC draft order on the 3.5 GHz citizens broadband radio service band "that would employ county-based license sizes for PALs in the 3.5 GHz CBRS auction, and believes that the use of county-based license sizes will allow rural providers to participate in the 3.5 GHz auction for Priority Access Licenses,” RWA said Tuesday in docket 17-258. “The choice of counties plus the inclusion of a 15 percent rural service provider bidding credit acknowledges the needs and realities of wireless broadband customers in rural America and will ensure that PALs remain affordable and accessible to the small, rural providers.”