Inhofe 'Not Pleased' by FCC's Draft Ligado L-Band Order
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., isn't “pleased, to say the least” about FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s Thursday decision to circulate a draft order approving Ligado's proposed terrestrial use of L-band spectrum (see 2004160019). Inhofe and others pressed…
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President Donald Trump to intervene against Ligado’s application (see 2004160030). FCC approval “will amplify, rather than ease, current economic challenges” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Inhofe said in a statement. “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. I hope that the other commissioners will listen to the near-unanimous objections from the rest of the federal government -- not to mention hundreds of industry leaders -- and reject the plan." The FCC didn't comment.