"If we were offered a no-bid contract we would turn it down," he told CNN. In August, the White House and Pentagon announced plans to free up for auction 100 megahertz band of spectrum. Beyond that, and less transparently, is the push by the White House to force the Pentagon to hand over control of this mid-band spectrum to Rivada, sources tell CNN. "Something is really fishy about this," a senior administration official told CNN. "We have spoken to people in the administration about what we support," Carney told CNN.

Source: CNN October 20, 2020 21:45 UTC