FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski responded to a letter from five...
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski responded to a letter from five House lawmakers who urged the commission to identify and pursue spectrum allocation policies to free up more spectrum for commercial use. Genachowski said in a letter posted last week (http://xrl.us/bnnwck)…
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that the FCC had identified “several bands” of federal spectrum, including Defense Department spectrum, that “could be promising resources to address the spectrum crunch.” Genachowski added that the commission continues to work with LightSquared representatives to resolve the “complex issues” associated with the withdrawal of the company’s conditional terrestrial broadband network license. He said if the company were to submit a petition to seek alternative spectrum, the FCC would work with NTIA to “consider any proposals carefully.” Genachowski’s letter was sent to Reps. James Moran, D-Va., Steve Rothman, D-N.J., Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., and Rodney Alexander, R-La. Genachowski sent a similar response to Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and John Kerry, D-Mass., and Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., Joe Pitts, R-Pa., and Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., in separate letters.