Pai Shows Ford Backing for 5.9 GHz Revision

Ford remains willing to share the 5.9 GHz band if it can be shown non-safety applications won't degrade cellular vehicle-to-everything technology (C-V2X) performance or jeopardize the future availability of the spectrum, CEO James Hackett wrote FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who tweeted the letter Monday. Hackett said Ford will begin deploying C-V2X in 2022, and all its new vehicles will have it within a few years. It said the proceeding considering C-V2X as a crash avoidance technology is "appropriate and timely." Dec. 12, commissioners vote on a proposal to take some band from dedicated short-range communications and reallocate it for Wi-Fi and other unlicensed use (see 1911200055).