Public Knowledge Hopeful FCC Work on Wi-Fi in 5.9 GHz Band Will Move Quickly

Public Knowledge hopes an Office of Management and Budget review of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NPRM on vehicle-to-vehicle systems (see 1609010077) won’t slow FCC work toward allowing Wi-Fi in the 5.9 GHz band, Senior Vice President Harold Feld told us. “It's true that if OMB rejects the NHTSA proposed mandate, it makes life a lot easier for the FCC,” Feld emailed us Tuesday. “That would be a clear and unambiguous statement. ... But even if OMB approves NHTSA's proposal, it doesn't change the basic equation that we ought to have sharing where possible without causing harmful interference to life & safety services.”