UTC: Draft Enhanced Competition Rules Positive for Utilities
The Utilities Technology Council told members the FCC’s draft order creating an enhanced competition incentive program (see 2206230069) is likely positive for utilities. “UTC had filed reply comments urging the Commission to expand the scope of ECIP to allow utilities…
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and other critical infrastructure industries to be able to take advantage of the program so they could get access to spectrum to support their private wireless communications,” the group said Monday: “The Draft Report and Order agreed to make eligible non-common carrier entities like utilities -- but only in rural areas -- and the FCC is opening a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to consider further expanding eligibility to allow non-common carriers to access spectrum in other areas as well.”