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Tribes Want 180-Day Window for EBS Licenses to Help Close Digital Divide

National Tribal Telecommunications Association members want adequate notice to seek 2.5 GHz educational broadband service licenses the FCC's making available. In July, commissioners approved an order rewriting rules for the band, including an eventual auction (see 1907100054). Only tribal entities…

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can seek new EBS licenses. The group asked for a 180-day filing window. Adequate time is “vital in ensuring the best use of this spectrum in Tribal areas for the purpose of addressing, in one of many ways, the digital divide,” NTTA said in docket 18-120, posted Friday.