# If The DOD Wants Ligado's Spectrum, It Should Buy It

1 Opinion June 2, 2020 Stern in the News ![Lawrence White](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032410.jpg?itok=zhZMZD3B) Thomas Lenard and Lawrence White >

"The U.S. Federal Communications Commission recently approved long overdue modifications to Ligado Networks' spectrum licenses that will allow the company to build out a 5G network. Ligado's 35 MHz of mid-band spectrum represents a significant contribution to U.S. leadership in 5G. The FCC's decision is the culmination of a multiyear proceeding during which Ligado made many concessions to address industry and government concerns about interference with GPS devices in an adjacent spectrum band."

Read the full [*Law360* article](https://www.law360.com/articles/1279071).

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*Lawrence White is the Robert Kavesh Professorship in Economics and the ​Deputy Chair, Economics.*## More from Lawrence White

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