House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., appointed eight subcommittee...
House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., appointed eight subcommittee members to a bipartisan federal spectrum working group Wednesday. Walden said the group is tasked with identifying the most efficient way to use government spectrum. “As the largest single spectrum…
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user, the federal government could save taxpayers money and provide its own agencies better technology tools while simultaneously making more frequencies available to meet America’s exploding demand for mobile broadband services,” he said. Walden and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., will be ex-officio members of the working group. The group will be co-chaired by Reps. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and includes Reps. John Shimkus, R-Ill., Mike Rogers, R-Mich., Steve Scalise, R-La., Diana DeGette, D-Colo., John Barrow, D-Ga., and Donna Christensen and Del. D-Virgin Islands. CTIA commended the announcement and said it would work with the group to identify additional spectrum that can be brought to the commercial market.