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LocaLoop Offers to "Bridge" the Licensing Gap Created by FCC Broadband RulingLocaLoop (News - Alert), a Cloud Based Turnkey 4G business provider targeting rural markets, announced that it is offering to bridge the licensing gap created by a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC (News - Alert)) ruling that suspended new license applications for a popular broadband wireless spectrum in the 3.65-3.70GHz band. "The FCC release of the new Part 96 rules is clearly a better way to do business for our customers in the long run," said Carl-Johan Torarp (News - Alert), LocaLoop founder and CEO. "But until the regulations are fully implemented, it has stalled a number of operators who did not have pre-existing licenses in this spectrum as well as manufacturers from moving forward with new deployments." "LocaLoop already has the 4G solution so operators can quickly penetrate rural communities and can lease site registrations under LocaLoop's own nationwide license at a nominal cost per year per site. Our unique position as an incumbent provider of a complete 4G turnkey business platform provides a solution for those customers caught in the licensing gap under the new FCC rules." When the Part 96 rules become available, LocaLoop's synKro™ SaaS (News - Alert) cloud platform will tie to one or more leading Spectrum Access System providers and automatically manage our customer's networks under both the LocaLoop leased license (Part 90) and the new FCC Part 96 licenses when granted. In addition, LocaLoop will provide technical and operational support when applications for Priority Access Licenses (PALs) are open in the new 100 MHz band for the census tract(s) now served under Part 90 as well as for new tower locations. Background:
Impact on incumbent operators with pre-existing Part 90 licenses:
Impact on potential operators who currently don't have a Part 90 license:
About LocaLoop: LocaLoop with customers from coast to coast, is a fast growing Internet software technology company closing the 4G service availability gap for rural markets. It is the first cloud service vendor that provides a turnkey 4G business-in-box solution specifically invented for operators serving rural markets of the world. LocaLoop has virtualized the required business and network management functions as well as the subscriber facing capabilities end-to-end. www.localoop.com
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