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LightSquared Wants L Band Used for Terrestrial Broadband, Hundt, Seidenberg Tell Wheeler

LightSquared wants the FCC to let the L band be used for terrestrial broadband, calling it "vital" spectrum, an ex parte filing said ex-commission Chairman Reed Hundt and ex-Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg told agency Chairman Tom Wheeler and aides. Hundt,…

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representing the satellite company, and Seidenberg, expected to chair the board of the firm exiting bankruptcy, also asked that spectrum at 1675-1680 MHz be made available for terrestrial purposes, said a filing posted Tuesday to docket 12-340. Speaking May 8 with Philip Verveer, Wheeler's senior counselor, and Wheeler wireless aide Renee Gregory, Hundt had made a similar request (see 1505140012), said a previous filing in the docket. Gregory and Verveer attended the more recent meeting as well.