POSTPONED: Challenges and Opportunities in the 5 GHz Spectrum Band

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

Challenges and Opportunities in the 5 GHz Spectrum Band

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
House Commerce Committee
October 1, 2013
10:30am

As part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) were instructed to examine the possibility of expanding unlicensed use of the 5 GHz band. Continuing the subcommittee’s ongoing oversight of the law’s implementation, members will hear from stakeholders about challenges presented by adding expanded unlicensed use in the band as well as opportunities for new and innovative technologies and services.

Background Memo

Witnesses:

Bob Friday
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Cisco

Julius Knapp
Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology
U.S. Federal Communications Commission

John Kenney
Principal Research Manager
Toyota Info Technology Center

Tom Nagel
Senior Vice President
Business Development, Comcast