Intelsat CEO Pushes C-Band Sharing Plan With O'Rielly

January 10, 2018 |Satellite

Intelsat CEO Stephen Spengler met with Commissioner Mike O'Rielly to urge the agency to issue an NPRM that would open parts of the C-band to terrestrial 5G operations, as the company jointly proposed with Intel (see 1710020047), according to a docket 17-183 ex parte filing posted Tuesday. The company also has made similar overtures to Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel (see 1712040062) and 1712200038).