CTIA Meets With Carr Staff on BEAD and 5G Fund Auction
CTIA and member company representatives spoke with aides to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, asking that a 5G Fund auction occur only after funding is released for the broadband access, equity and deployment program. This has been a recurring concern for…
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wireless companies (see 2403260052). “Although the wireless industry is making record investments to deploy 5G nationwide, there are some areas where difficult geography or sparse population mean that subsidies will be necessary to support mobile broadband,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 20-32. "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 unsubsidized 5G coverage in rural areas."