The Telecommunications Industry Association urged the FCC to ‘cre...
The Telecommunications Industry Association urged the FCC to “create a 21st-century band plan” for spectrum, identifying federal and nonfederal spectrum that can be allocated for wireless broadband. Comments were due Friday on National Broadband Plan Public Notice #6, on…
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spectrum for broadband. “The time is right to recognize that terrestrial wireless broadband deployment and innovations are deeply impacted by spectrum availability,” TIA said. “Without making more spectrum available in high usage areas, the U.S. risks losing its leadership position in technology for networks, devices, and applications. TIA urges the Commission to continue its technology-neutral spectrum allocations and create a new and innovative spectrum band plan.” TIA cited the same numbers on spectrum need cited in a recent report by CTIA -- International Telecommunications Union estimates that the United States will need approximately 840 MHz of spectrum to satisfy demand for broadband in 2010, and some 1,720 MHz by 2020. “As FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has made clear, mobile broadband is rapidly becoming a central part of how Americans communicate, stay informed, learn, and benefit from improved health care and energy resource management,” said TIA Vice President for Government Affairs Danielle Coffey.