FCC Taking Important Steps to Make Additional Mid-Band Spectrum Available for 5G
“5G deployments offer to connect Americans like never before, with immersive entertainment, widespread IoT and smart manufacturing. But this requires carriers to access low-, mid- and high-band spectrum. While both low- and high-band allocations are important, mid-band spectrum provides both widespread coverage and high capacity,” explains Jeffrey Westling, resident fellow for Technology & Innovation Policy. “Tomorrow’s item presents a fantastic opportunity to fill the spectrum needs of American operators, and it is critical that the NTIA and DoD continue their work to make more bandwidth available for private-licensed operations in the rest of the 3.1-3.55 GHz band. Our private, market-based approach to 4G led the world, and it is critical we move quickly to allow American industry to do the same with 5G.”
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