Cyren Call Asks Rural Providers to Bid on D-Block A mixture of incentives and threats has rural wireless companies wondering by KathrynV 02:59PM Saturday May 03 2008
Speaking at a convention last week, Cyren Call Communications encouraged rural wireless providers to strongly consider bidding on the D-block (public safety spectrum) if it is re-auctioned later this year. quote:
"Chairman Morgan O’Brien highlighted the potential gains for rural carriers, including the resources necessary to offer advanced wireless services to their customers, a way to bypass ongoing roaming data issues as well as a stronger position in which to compete against the nationwide operators."
Not content to assume that the positive benefits of the auction would be enough to encourage bidding, O’Brien also pointed out the negatives of not acquiring this spectrum. He asserted that this could be the last chance for rural wireless providers to make any headway in the competitive wireless market. This blend of positive and negative information has given the carriers pause for thought; many report that they are contemplating taking action if the D-block goes up for auction again.
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kudos:5 | In timeframe Cyren Call is suggesting; group action unlikely Cyren Call is trying to get the Rural Cellular Association(RCA) to join together as a consortium and then bid jointly on the D-Block spectrum and do this before year end. Given the current financial markets and the complexity of getting a large group of small rural cellular carriers to agree on a framework, it is very unlikely that they could put together a credible bid. Their only hope is that the FCC(thru congressional arm-twisting) decides to practically give away the D-Block spectrum.
But Cyren Call has its own problems as the Congress investigates their ties to the Public Safety Spectrum Trust(PSST) and the mess the two made of the D-Block bidding the 1st time around.
Maybe if the D-Block is to go this year, the PSST should hire a different management adviser and dump Cyren Call.
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