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Comr. Tate promised rural carriers she will push for light-handed...

Comr. Tate promised rural carriers she will push for light-handed regulation of wireless with an eye on encouraging build out of wireless broadband networks. “Wireless providers will be critical to getting broadband out to that last, most difficult mile,”…

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Tate told the Rural Cellular Assn.: “To that end, I believe that the FCC must use a light regulatory touch that gives you the freedom to try new ideas and deploy new technology.” Tate also urged the rural carriers to work with the FCC on USF reform: “We must keep in mind that the Universal Service Fund is not yours, or ours, but is money that has been entrusted to us to use wisely in furthering a public interest Congress has identified.”