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NESBA, Catholic Technology Association Support T-Mobile/Sprint

The National Educational Broadband Service Association and Catholic Technology Association support the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint deal and want EBS white space to be licensed through priority filing windows limited to tribal nations and educational institutions that don’t hold EBS licenses, they…

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said. The filings posted Thursday in dockets 18-197 and 18-120 on meetings Tuesday with the FCC Wireless Bureau and an aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr. Licensing EBS white space to tribal entities and schools “will benefit the education community as a whole” and “help preserve the essential educational nature of EBS.” T-Mobile/Sprint will provide better coverage and greater availability of 5G, the groups said. It shouldn’t involve the forced divestitures requested by Voqal because they would “be disruptive to affected EBS licensees,” CTA and NEBSA said.