House Commerce Lawmakers Meeting With Automotive Stakeholders on 5.9 GHz

House Commerce Committee lawmakers have begun meeting with stakeholders about the 5.9 GHz spectrum band, one senior Republican said this week. Senior committee Republicans and Democrats united to hold the first of what they intend to be ongoing meetings with the Department of Transportation, the FCC and NTIA recently, and a committee staffer told us last week they planned to meet with stakeholders for the band (see 1505270044). The 5.9 GHz issue is subject to debate on whether the spectrum, held in large part for intelligent transportation technology, can be shared for unlicensed use. “We’re moving forward on trying to make more spectrum available,” Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., told reporters this week. “We’ve got a working group working on 5.9 gig. And we’ve met with some of the auto companies and all on some of their issues. So we’ve got a lot of work to do.”