The FCC is finalizing a public notice seeking comments on Ligado Networks LLC’s request to modify its L-band license and reallocate the 1675-1680 megahertz band for commercial broadband use, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in an April 7 letter released late yesterday. “I am pleased to inform you that after extensive coordination with our federal partners, we are in the final stages of preparing a public notice to seek comment on the Ligado proposals,” Mr. Wheeler said in the letter to Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D., Va.), who wrote Mr. Wheeler on Feb. 4 asking the agency to seek comment on the requests. “I can assure you that the Commission will engage in an open and transparent process to consider Ligado’s proposals. Our analysis will be conducted in the context of our ongoing efforts to make additional spectrum available for mobile broadband services and will be comprehensive and informed by an objective engineering review of the band and input from a broad range of stakeholders.”

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