RWA Makes Case for Its Approach to FCC 5G Fund

The Rural Wireless Association supported its “hybrid” four-phase approach for 5G Fund, in which the first $1.5 billion would be paid out quickly to carriers with 500,000 or fewer subscribers receiving legacy support (see 2006260057), in a meeting with FCC Office of Economics and Analytics staff. The approach “could allow faster deployment of 5G in areas where no 5G exists or is likely to exist (absent support),” RWA said in a filing posted Friday in docket 20-32.