FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will plead with Congress not to slash the agency’s budget for FY 2016. He will warn of “severe consequences to the agency’s ability to protect public safety, advance the spectrum agenda, and transact business vital to the U.S. economy and consumers in a timely fashion” if lawmakers proceed with cuts as planned earlier in the year, according to written testimony for his appearance alongside all four other commissioners before the Communications Subcommittee Tuesday.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will plead with Congress not to slash the agency’s budget for FY 2016. He will warn of “severe consequences to the agency’s ability to protect public safety, advance the spectrum agenda, and transact business vital to the U.S. economy and consumers in a timely fashion” if lawmakers proceed with cuts as planned earlier in the year, according to written testimony for his appearance alongside all four other commissioners before the Communications Subcommittee Tuesday.
President Barack Obama took executive action on Nov. 12 to remove national emergency status for Liberia, lifting the sanctions on the country drawn from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Former President George W. Bush issued, also by decree, the imposition of the national emergency in 2004 (here). The national emergency declaration blocked property tied to former Liberian leader Charles Taylor and barred imports of round logs and timber from the country, among other measures. Obama last renewed the national emergency in July (here).
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined ways he wants to work with Congress on the IP transition in a recent exchange of letters with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. “We’re especially looking forward to working with Congress in crafting workable solutions for the nation’s most vulnerable citizens and in recommending how public and private sectors can support emergency backup power options,” Wheeler said in the letter, dated Oct. 26 and released Tuesday. He lauded the “proactive industry efforts in this regard” and would “welcome additional Congressional measures that would offer assistance with the cost of backup power for vulnerable populations, among other similar efforts and actions.”
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined ways he wants to work with Congress on the IP transition in a recent exchange of letters with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. “We’re especially looking forward to working with Congress in crafting workable solutions for the nation’s most vulnerable citizens and in recommending how public and private sectors can support emergency backup power options,” Wheeler said in the letter, dated Oct. 26 and released Tuesday. He lauded the “proactive industry efforts in this regard” and would “welcome additional Congressional measures that would offer assistance with the cost of backup power for vulnerable populations, among other similar efforts and actions.”
JPMorgan Chase agreed to put its interest in post-bankruptcy LightSquared into a proxy, which would clear the path for the FCC to approve a transfer of licenses, the last thing LightSquared needs before U.S. Bankruptcy Court approves its final emergence from Chapter 11 reorganization, LightSquared counsel Gerard Waldron of Covington & Burling told us Monday. The filing posted Friday in docket 15-126 said the bank agreed RL2 Investors Holdings or another of its affiliates will hold its minority, noncontrolling equity interests in reconstituted LightSquared.
Pandora hires Piper Crowell, leaving office of Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., as manager-government relations ... Sunlight Foundation hires Kat Duffy, leaving State Department Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Bureau, as director, Sunlight Labs, effective Nov. 30 ... National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates hires David Springe, Kansas Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board, as executive director, effective Dec. 5 ... Federated Wireless hires Jeannie Diefenderfer, ex-Verizon Wireless, as adviser to the executive leadership team ... Madison Square Garden Co. hires Colin Ingram, ex-Colin Ingram Ltd., as executive vice president, MSG Productions ... Weather Co. hires Elliott Trice, ex-VivaKi, as senior vice president-consumer product, dealing with Web, smartphone, tablet and emerging technologies ... Cogobuy Group, Chinese e-commerce platform provider, hires Shipeng Li, ex-Microsoft, as chief technology officer.
The FCC has an important role to play in the transition from 4G to 5G, said Commissioner Ajit Pai, who suggested the commission implement a regulatory framework to ensure the successful launch of 5G in the U.S. Speaking during a 4G Americas conference Thursday on the future of mobile broadband, Pai outlined three pieces of his proposed framework: freeing up additional spectrum, removing barriers to infrastructure roll out, and spurring innovation and investment in network and mobile technologies.
The FCC has an important role to play in the transition from 4G to 5G, said Commissioner Ajit Pai, who suggested the commission implement a regulatory framework to ensure the successful launch of 5G in the U.S. Speaking during a 4G Americas conference Thursday on the future of mobile broadband, Pai outlined three pieces of his proposed framework: freeing up additional spectrum, removing barriers to infrastructure roll out, and spurring innovation and investment in network and mobile technologies.
The record-setting AWS-3 auction, in which the FCC sold off federal spectrum for commercial use, can be a model for other auctions, said Maj. Gen. Robert Wheeler, deputy chief information officer at the Department of Defense. Wheeler said Thursday at a Center for Strategic and International Studies conference that he gets that DOD spectrum will be under continuing pressure.