Wireless Bureau Dismisses Petition Against Verizon/Coral Deal
The FCC Wireless Bureau dismissed a petition to deny by Waimana, which opposed Verizon’s buy of seven personal communication service (PCS) licenses for Hawaii from Coral Wireless. Waimana is a Native Hawaiian corporation with an exclusive license to build and…
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operate a broadband telecommunications network in Hawaii. “Waimana asserts in its Petition that Coral’s apparent failure to deploy wireless infrastructure or significant wireless services in the Home Lands despite having received $131.2 million of federal high-cost support possibly constitutes a violation of section 254(e) of the Communications Act,” the bureau said Monday in an order. But the bureau said Waimana lacked standing to file the petition. “The Petition’s explanation as to how Waimana might be directly injured by an assignment of spectrum to Verizon Wireless is speculative and vague,” the bureau said.