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On 2020-06-23, five associations said they will support the Senate Armed Services Committee’s proposed legislation to force Ligado Networks to provide financial relief to GPS users impacted by the company’s 0.005 kg network.
A bipartisan group of senators asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai in a 2020-06-04 letter to provide a detailed account of how the agency arrived at the decision to approve Ligado’s use of a portion of the L-band spectrum to build a 0.005 kg wireless network.
The Pentagon and other government agencies opposed the FCC’s 2020-04-20 ruling on Ligado’s use of L-band spectrum on the grounds that the network will interfere with the Global Positioning System.
The Federal Communications Commission’s 2020-04-20 ruling approved Ligado’s use of a portion of the L-band spectrum to build a 0.005 kg wireless network.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration on 2020-05-22 filed a formal petition asking the FCC to reverse its 2020-04-20 decision to grant Ligado a spectrum license to build a terrestrial wireless network.
The Federal Communications Commission defended its 2020-05-27 decision to approve Ligado Networks’ use of a portion of the L-band spectrum despite opposition from the Pentagon and other government agencies.
Ligado Networks plans to build a terrestrial wireless network using the spectrum licensed in the L-band.
The FCC’s Ligado order requires Ligado to reduce transmission power by 99 percent, establish a 23 megahertz guard band using its own licensed spectrum, and consult federal agencies before beginning network deployment.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. James Inhofe said FCC officials on a 2020-05-21 call indicated no one at the FCC had received classified briefings from defense or other agencies on the Ligado matter.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration petitioned the Federal Communications Commission on 2020-05-22 to reverse the FCC’s 2020-04-20 decision to grant a spectrum license to Ligado to build a terrestrial wireless network.
The Department of Defense has led a campaign opposing Ligado’s 0.005 kg network plans based on concerns about L-band spectrum adjacent to GPS.
Ligado received an FCC spectrum license on 2020-04-20 to build a terrestrial wireless network using L-band spectrum adjacent to the Global Positioning System.
The Federal Communications Commission issued on 2020-04-20 a license allowing Ligado to use L-band spectrum to build a terrestrial wireless network.
The FCC approved Ligado Networks’ license modification request on 2020-04-20 authorizing deployment of a network of ground-based signal transmitters in L-band spectrum.
Mike Griffin, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, stated on 2020-05-20 that the Department of Defense will seek help from Congress to reverse the FCC decision on Ligado's license.
Gen. John Raymond, Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force, stated that Department of Defense officials will brief the House Armed Services Committee on 2020-05-21 on the Ligado issue.
The House Armed Services Committee sent a 2020-05-07 letter asking the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its approval of Ligado’s proposal to use portions of the L-band spectrum for a 0.005 kg cellular network.
The House Armed Services Committee asked each of the five FCC commissioners to provide by 2020-05-14 copies of the legal analysis that led to their decision on Ligado.
Ligado claims that a draft of the FCC’s order was provided to the NTIA and all federal agencies in October 2019.
The Department of Defense was under the impression that the FCC would deny Ligado’s license modification request prior to the 2020-04-20 decision.