Docomo Pacific lobbies against US bill
Docomo Pacific is lobbying against a bill now pending in U.S. Congress that would limit providing telecommunication services to the U.S. Department of Defense personnel and first responders only to U.S. carriers.
In a short interview with Docomo Pacific CEO Roderick Boss, the U.S. House of Representatives is getting ready to submit their version of the National Defense Authorization Act that includes a provision that would only allow U.S.-owned carriers to provide DOD and first responders telecommunication services like FirstNet.
Docomo Pacific is owned by NTT Docomo, which is a Japanese-owned company. Boss said that Guam Delegate Michael San Nicolas (D-GU) supports H.R. 2500.
Docomo has persuaded DOD personnel in Guam and supporters from the Guam community to write to San Nicolas to encourage him to withdraw his support for the provision. Boss says that provision would affect both Guam and the CNMI, where Docomo would soon be deploying the FirstNet platform, a specialized network for first responders.