On April 22, 2021, a letter signed by 98 groups across a wide range of industries was sent to members of House and Senate leadership. The letter urged the members of Congress to work with the FCC to stay and ultimately set aside the harmful Ligado Order. 

In the letter, the groups stated:

“Although Ligado continues to attempt to convince policymakers that its proposed terrestrial service will not cause harmful interference and is somehow critical to American success in 5G, the executive branch and affected parties have repeatedly detailed the adverse economic, national security, and public safety impact of the proposed Ligado operations. As for Ligado’s 5G fallacy, NTIA concluded that “an inability to deploy terrestrial 5G or related services using the frequencies involved in the Ligado applications would not hold back the timely deployment of 5G” across the U.S. Tellingly, Ligado’s spectrum is not internationally harmonized for 5G, nor is it part of any 5G standard.”

Read the letter in full here.