“It is clear that the DoD is the driving force behind the NTIA petition. This rehash of arguments put before the FCC over two years ago contains no new information or technical data to support its request that the FCC reconsider its recent unanimous, bipartisan decision. The entire petition is premised on the tired 1 dB argument, which is just another way […]
The House Armed Services Committee is one of the strongest allies of the Department of Defense on the Hill. My tenure as Chairman, from 2011-2015, was as close as I will ever come to “serving” with America’s brave and brilliant men and women in uniform, and it was the best professional time of my life. […]
As prepared for delivery WASHINGTON, D.C. May 19, 2020 – Thank you so much for having me, and I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe during this incredibly challenging time. I’m grateful for the chance to discuss the important work that wireless companies are doing—and the critical support that wireless infrastructure provides. One […]
“Following the FCC’s unanimous, bipartisan approval of Ligado’s proposal to use its licensed spectrum to advance 5G for our country’s critical infrastructure industries, the Department of Defense (DoD), its contractors, and their special interest lobbyists have blanketed the Hill to spread misinformation and distort the exhaustive, engineering, and fact-driven process that the FCC, under two Administrations, […]
I caught up with Dr. William Webb, former director of Ofcom, the telecom regulator of the United Kingdom where he led the Spectrum Framework Review, the development of Spectrum Usage Rights, and the UK white space policy. As CEO of Weightless SIG, he led a standards body for global M2M technology. He now consults. Webb has […]
Last week, the five Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), by a unanimous bipartisan vote, endorsed the expert conclusion of its engineers and their years of technical study and analysis to adopt a spectrum plan that will advance our nation’s path to 5G while protecting incumbents and especially GPS users. The decision to approve […]