This column hereby rescinds its Tom Wheeler award to Ajit Pai, chairman of Federal Communications Commission. (Don’t misunderstand. The award is distinctly uncoveted.) It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice, and Mr. Pai’s newly announced solution to a vexed satellite spectrum puzzle would effectively catch the 5G mice. Most important is a point stressed by New Street Research’s Blair Levin, himself a former federal broadband czar: The plan likely avoids a replay of World War I in the courts...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 07, 2020 23:26 UTC