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PISC Adds to Call for Public Notice on Ligado Applications

The Public Interest Spectrum Coalition (PISC) is backing the placement of Ligado Networks' application on FCC public notice. In a filing Thursday in docket 12-340, the PISC said the former LightSquared's service rules included public interest obligations that now aren't…

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suitable given Ligado's proposed service rules or would need major modification. Any PN should seek comment on how to modify the public interest obligations to promote competition, access to spectrum for businesses owned by women and minorities, and deployment of wireless services in rural areas, it said. PISC is made up of the Center for Rural Strategies, Common Cause, New America's Open Technology Institute and Public Knowledge. Ligado and numerous others also have backed a PN seeking comment on the company's license modification applications (see 1603070051, 1602120052 and 1602100057).