Native American Group Presses FCC to Exempt Tribal-Focused Carriers From Op-Ex Limits
The National Congress of American Indians urged the FCC to exempt carriers mostly serving tribal lands from operating-expense limitations. NCIA cited a delay in approving a draft order pending for months, in a filing Monday in docket 10-90. The group…
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submitted a resolution members adopted asking the commission to "move forward expeditiously and adopt the Order exempting carriers primarily serving Tribal Lands from the operating expense limitation rule." Such carriers face higher costs and need additional support to deploy broadband, and no opposition was filed to exempting them from the rule, said the resolution.