EWA Gets Part of What It Sought on Buildout Deadlines
The FCC provided more time for site-based and mobile-only wireless systems to meet buildout deadlines but not as much time as the Enterprise Wireless Alliance wanted (see 2003300041). EWA last month asked the FCC to waive until Aug. 31 a…
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requirement that licensees meet deadlines between March 15 and that date. The Wireless and Public Safety bureaus said in a Wednesday order deadlines from March 15 to May 15 are extended 60 days. The action is to provide “temporary relief ... in light of the supply chain delays and other construction and equipment delivery delays that may occur as a result of COVID-19 and the declared state of national emergency,” the bureaus said. The decision to grant “even the relief they did was extremely welcome and much appreciated,” EWA President Mark Crosby said in an interview. The order leaves “the door open” for extensions if necessary, he said. It’s not a good use of FCC staff time to have to address numerous waiver filings as licensees find they can’t get projects built because of COVID-19 complications, he said.