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Senate Communications Sets Dec. 5 Mobile Now Act Implementation Hearing

The Senate Communications Subcommittee plans a Dec. 5 hearing on implementation of the Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless Act, the Senate Commerce Committee said Tuesday. The Mobile Now Act was enacted as…

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part of the FY 2018 omnibus spending bill (see 1803230038). The law requires DOD and other federal agencies to identify at least 255 MHz of spectrum for broadband use by 2022. It also requires the FCC and NTIA to identify at least 100 MHz of spectrum for unlicensed use below the 8 GHz band. Wireless Infrastructure Association President Jonathan Adelstein and New America's Open Technology Institute Director Sarah Morris are among those set to testify. Also on deck are CTIA Senior Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Scott Bergmann, Cisco Senior Director-Technology and Spectrum Policy Mary Brown and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Mayor Paul TenHaken (R). The panel begins at 10 a.m. in 216 Hart.