T-Mobile, US Cellular, 43 Smaller Carriers Vie for 3G/4G Rural Funding Submitted: September 18, 2012 - 2:51pm Originally published: September 18, 2012 Last updated: September 20, 2012 - 4:13am Source: telecompetitor Author: Joan Engebretson Location: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States The Federal Communications Commission has announced 52 qualifying bidders in the Connect America Fund Mobility Fund reverse auction to be conducted on Sept. 27. Qualified bidders include five units of U.S. Cellular; four units of T-Mobile; Alaska’s GCI Communication; Commnet Wireless, which operates a rural wholesale roaming network, and numerous small rural wireless carriers. A total of $300 million is up for grabs in the auction, which will bring 3G or 4G wireless to rural areas where 3G is not available today. The money for the program was freed up through cost savings in other areas of today’s Universal Service fund and will be the first test of the FCC’s long-expected reverse auction approach. Carriers will bid to deliver service to at least 75% of the service area, and funding will be awarded to the carrier that offers to deliver service at the lowest level of support.
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