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Carolina West Wireless Wants More USF Support

The company said it may have to shut down money-losing cell towers.

Jake Neenan

Jun 10, 2024 — 2 min read

Screenshot of Slayton Stewart, CEO of Carolina West Wireless and Chairman of the Board at CTIA, at the CTIA 5G Summit in 2023

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2024 – A small regional wireless carrier is telling the Federal Communications Commission it may have to decommission cell towers in western North Carolina without more subsidy support from the agency.

Carolina West Wireless serves rural areas of the western portion of the state with mobile service and fixed wireless home broadband. In parts of its network, the company does so at a loss, according to its request.

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