Chairman Pai's Response to Reps Dingell, Upton Regarding 5.9 GHz

On Aug 2, 2019, Reps Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Fred Upton (R-MI) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai about a recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the 5.9 GHz band, urging the FCC to take a technology neutral approach to allow for testing of the Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) communications platform. 

On Dec 3, Chairman Pai responded by explaining that the NPRM takes a balanced approach, which includes an exclusive home for C-V2X technology in the 5.9 GHz band. He notes that his proposal marks a departure from the FCC's recent exploration of allowing unlicensed devices to share the same spectrum with dedicated short-range communications (DSRC).