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Inhofe Delays FCC Commissioner Approval Until Nominee Agrees to Overturn Ligado Order

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

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Inhofe Delays FCC Commissioner Approval Until Nominee Agrees to Overturn Ligado Order

In 2015, Ligado proposed unlocking 40 MHz of mid-band spectrum for 5G (Ligado Networks Schematic)

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said on July 28 that he has placed a hold on the nomination of Mike O'Rielly to become the commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the FCC's decision in April to approve a modification of Ligado Networks' L-band license to allow the creation of 5G infrastructure. "I am holding Commissioner O’Rielly’s nomination until he publically states that he will vote to overturn the current Ligado Order," Inhofe said in a…

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