The Federal Communications Commission is throwing its weight behind a 5G wireless plan that much of the Trump administration warns would upend the country’s GPS systems, harm national security and cost taxpayers billions of dollars
A proposed order that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai issued Thursday would approve long-pending applications from a Virginia satellite company called Ligado, formerly known as LightSquared. The company wants to offer 5G service on airwaves it already holds, a step that wireless industry officials and some public interest advocates say could speed the path toward next-generation technologies like smart homes, self-driving cars and telemedicine.
Inhofe added: "When people try to push bad policy through in the middle of a crisis, without much coordination with seemingly anyone else, it makes me wonder about their motives." This airwaves debate reflects mounting tensions in recent years that have pitted the FCC against several Trump Cabinet agencies, as well as an administration leadership gulf that has. Trump had promised a national spectrum strategy by last summer to help firm up the nation's 5G game plan, but that hasn't materialized.
A DOJ spokesperson told POLITICO that Barr has never represented Ligado in its current or former incarnations, nor has he had any financial stake in the company. Barr first put the spotlight on the Ligado issue in his February speech, in which he suggested that the FCC needed to open these airwaves to allow the U.S. to compete with Beijing.
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