Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.,...
Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., encouraged the FCC to adopt the proposal in a rulemaking notice to do away with ancillary terrestrial component rules for the S-band. This is the type of action the FCC…
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can and should take “when Congress allows an expert agency to use its best judgment on highly technical matters,” they wrote Chairman Julius Genachowski. “We have endeavored in Congress to ensure that the FCC would not be restricted in its ability to put satellite spectrum to use as a means of delivering wireless broadband.” Having more wireless spectrum available will lead to more infrastructure investment and high quality jobs, the two lawmakers said. They said approving the NPRM could foster investment at Maryland-based Hughes, which is working with EchoStar “to develop satellite/terrestrial hybrid wireless broadband platforms.”