National Telecom Co-op Assn. (NTCA) asked Senate Commerce Committ...
National Telecom Co-op Assn. (NTCA) asked Senate Commerce Committee Chmn. Hollings (D-S.C.) to add provisions to spectrum management legislation he is drafting that would require FCC to make rural wireless licenses more available. NTCA Chief Michael Brunner urged Hollings…
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in letter May 29 to include parts of Rural Electromagnetic Spectrum Access (RESA) bill that Sen. Baucus (D-Mont.) introduced in April. It said RESA proposal would strengthen provisions of Communications Act by making wireless licenses that covered rural service areas more accessible to rural telcos. Brunner wrote: “Rather than facilitating their access to wireless licenses, the FCC has established policies that for the most part impede rural carriers from accessing wireless spectrum.” NTCA said Hollings had indicated to some of group’s S.C. members “that you would like to address spectrum issues specifically affecting them in your legislation and hope you will consider using RESA as the model to do so.”