FCC’s Pai circulates draft NPRM on 12 GHz band
With just a few weeks left in his tenure at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Chairman Ajit Pai circulated to his colleagues a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that, if adopted, would seek comment on whether to allow mobiles...
Chairman Pai announces he will leave FCC on January 20
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced he plans to leave the FCC on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2021, allowing the Biden administration to appoint a Democratic majority. Pai’s term doesn’t end until 2022, but there’s a longstanding tradition that the chair...
FCC’s Pai bullish on open RAN, virtualization
The FCC had to postpone its forum on 5G virtualized radio access network (RAN) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said on Thursday that he’s eager to get that back on the calendar once it’s safe...