Administration Should Pay Attention to O'Rielly Spectrum Plan, Intel Executive Says
The Trump administration should pay close attention to a blog by FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly last week proposing a spectrum-for-cash swap for federal agencies, Peter Pitsch, Intel executive director-federal relations, blogged Monday. “As demand for mobile broadband continues to grow…
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and with the new applications that can be supported by 5G, the need for additional spectrum to provide these services becomes crucial,” Pitsch wrote. “Let’s hope that Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney (or some folks close to them) read this insightful blog by Commissioner O’Rielly. Cracking the code on how to reform federal spectrum policy has not been easy for the reasons he lays out. Just rolling the federal agencies (read DoD) is not likely and probably not a good idea. So let’s try carrots.” DOD didn't comment.