CCA Members Press for Firm Deadline for Broadcasters To Leave TV Band After Incentive Auction
The Competitive Carriers Association, T-Mobile and US Cellular asked the FCC not to back down from a firm deadline for broadcasters to leave their spectrum after the TV incentive auction. Carrier representatives met with Wireless Bureau Chief Roger Sherman, Media…
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Bureau Chief Bill Lake and Gary Epstein, chairman of the Incentive Auction Task Force, among others at the FCC. “CCA and its members expressed concern about calls for a delay of the current 39-month transition period for incumbent relocation,” CCA said in a filing in docket 12-268. “As CCA and the Commission have previously acknowledged, there are reasonable activities that broadcasters and tower construction companies can commence now to prepare for the relocation process including ‘construction planning, installation of new power line[s], equipment purchases, and onsite storage of equipment.’” NAB attacked CCA's objections to loosening a 39-month deadline (see 1601110067).