Tuesday, September 18, 2012

FCC to come under scrutiny for encouraging LightSquared progress

According to Fierce Wireless, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on 21 September focusing on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) role in granting a conditional waiver for LightSquared to build out a nationwide hybrid Long Term Evolution (LTE) network using terrestrial and satellite networks, and encompassing non-traditional spectrum in the 1.4GHz and 1.6GHz bands. The committee, which launched an investigation into the matter earlier this year, has not said which witnesses will be called to testify. The hearing will look at whether the FCC followed its own policies, procedures and precedents correctly


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