FCC Chairman Ajit Pai mentions Paladin Wireless in opening remarks at today's meeting
Jul 11, 2019
Pai Transcript:
WE ADOPT COUNTY-SIZE LICENSES. WE ADOPT A THREE-PART BAND PLAN. WE ADOPT BIDDING CREDITS FOR SMALL ENTITIES. AND THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY CERTAIN ENTITIES SUCH AS MIDCO, WCAI, CAROLINA WEST WIRELESS, WOULD I NEAR CELLULAR, AND FIXED WIRELESS COMPANIES REPRESENTED BY WISPA, SUCH AS WAVE WIRELESS AND PALADIN WIRELESS, SUPPORT OUR APPROACH. YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF SOME OR ANY OF THESE ENTITIES, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT. WE'VE STRUCTURED THE AUCTION IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESSES TO ENTER THIS SPACE, TO USE THIS PUBLIC RESOURCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO FOR TOO LONG ACROSS THIS COUNTRY HAVE BEEN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. THESE ARE THE FOOT SOLDIERS OF THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION IN MANY PARTS OF RURAL AND LOW-INCOME AMERICA. THESE ARE THE ENTITIES THAT ARE COMMITTED TO USING THIS PUBLIC RESOURCE TO SERVE RURAL AMERICANS, AND THESE ARE THE ENTITIES ON THE RECORD THAT STRONGLY SUPPORT OUR OVERLAY AUCTION APPROACH.
