Mandated Interoperability, Data Roaming in 700 MHz Key to Saving Rural Jobs
FierceBroadbandWireless, March 3, 2011
By Lynnette Luna
The Rural Cellular Association has been waiting 18 months for the FCC to make a ruling on mandatory 700 MHz interoperability and data roaming requirements, and it is bolstering its argument with a new report that claims 38,500 jobs could be created and another 78,500 saved in rural areas if wireless broadband were deployed in the 700 MHz band using equipment that is interoperable with all flavors of 700 MHz.
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