Rural Operators Want FCC to Cap Spectrum Holdings

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posted Jul 17, 2008, 2:23 PM   by Eric M. Zeman

The Rural Telecommunications Group has petitioned the FCC to reinstate a cap on how much spectrum any one wireless provider can hold in a single market. The cap was first introduced during the mid-90s and raised several times before being eliminated altogether in 2003. Now the FCC uses a 95MHz screen to judge mergers. The RTG wants the FCC to block any carrier from holding more than 110MHz of spectrum in a single market because it fears the growing strength of AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, each of which won more spectrum in this year's 700MHz auction.

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