Ligado files Chapter 11, commences restructuring to slash debt burden
Meanwhile, the company said it has no intentions of dropping its lawsuit against the federal government over L-band spectrum use.
Meanwhile, the company said it has no intentions of dropping its lawsuit against the federal government over L-band spectrum use.
"There must be a predictable, transparent and common sense regulatory framework that protects investment and lower barriers to entry for private capital," said Axiom Space's Mary Lynne Dittmar.
Military flight operations over the US will largely be business as usual — even though the Pentagon won’t understand the impact 5G interference could have on military aircraft until this summer at earliest.
"It’s the presence of this insecure gear in our networks that’s the threat, not the source of funding used to purchase it," Commissioner Carr said.
"[N]obody was watching too closely to see just how far these Chinese components and hardware have infiltrated U.S. businesses," one telecoms expert says.
An unprecedentedly quick 15-week review identified 100 mHZ of spectrum, now heavily used by military radars, that will be auctioned off in December 2021.
"I think there's some very compelling petitions for reconsideration before the FCC right now, so I'm hoping that they would hit the pause button," says Iridium's legal rep Robert McDowell.