Kristian Stout on How Faster Licensing Can Close the Digital Divide
Kristian Stout, ICLE Director of Innovation Policy, was quoted in a Communications Daily article discussing a new recommendations to streamline U.S. satellite licensing to help LEO systems compete on fair terms and expand broadband access nationwide. Read the full article here.
The way the U.S. licenses satellites is often “slow, bespoke, and overly burdensome,” and it should instead use shot clocks and presume that non-geostationary orbit systems that follow the FCC’s rules are in the public interest, the LEO Policy Working Group (LPWG) urged Thursday. Composed of satellite industry and regulatory experts, the group issued a report and series of recommendations aimed at better spectrum sharing and coexistence, helping foster competition and better employing low earth orbit (LEO) connectivity in federal broadband programs to aid in closing the digital divide.
Michael Calabrese, director of New America’s Wireless Future Program, is LPWG’s co-chair, along with Kristian Stout, director of innovation policy at the International Center for Law & Economics.