LightSquared Tells Wheeler Aides It Wants Spectrum to be Used for Terrestrial Purposes

Ex-FCC Chairman Reed Hundt on behalf of LightSquared asked the FCC "to move towards finding" that the company's spectrum can be used for terrestrial services and that spectrum at 1675-1680 MHz should be made available for those purposes. Speaking last week with Philip Verveer, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's senior counselor, and Wheeler wireless legal aide Renee Gregory, Hundt "reviewed the status of various proceedings and the actions of sister agencies," said a LightSquared filing posted Wednesday to docket 12-340. The company recently noted to the commission that it's waiting to develop service because of the agency's 2012 public notice recommending a waiver to the firm be vacated and LightSquared's ancillary terrestrial component authority be put on hold (see 1505050023). The company has sought the reallocation of the 1675-1680 MHz band by auctioning National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spectrum (see 1501270049).