LTE Plan Critiques 'How the Game Works,' Ligado Says

Recent criticisms of Ligado's proposed satellite/terrestrial LTE network are part of "how the game works," said Chief Legal Officer Valerie Green in an opinion piece Friday in The Hill. "Building this network is good for America and important for our future. Study after study has shown it can be done safely and effectively .... For anyone who still has concerns, we’ve made it clear that our door is always open." She said Ligado's network fits squarely into digital infrastructure that could be part of any infrastructure spending bill. The Green piece follows a column earlier last week in The Hil​l by Robert McDowell of Cooley criticizing the LTE plans (see 1704050055). In an ex parte filing posted Friday in docket 11-109, Ligado recapped a meeting between Green and aides to Chairman Ajit Pai in which it again called for a proposed rulemaking regarding terrestrial commercial sharing of the 1675-1680 MHz band used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (see 1608120033) and discussed its work with the Federal Aviation Administration on establishing power limits in the 1526-1536 MHz band that would protect GPS devices including noncertified aviation receivers.