Rural Cellular Association President Steve Berry sees spectrum sharing as...
Rural Cellular Association President Steve Berry sees spectrum sharing as “a good idea to think about,” but said “it should be one of the last solutions to find additional high speed mobile broadband spectrum, not the first.” Not a single…
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megahertz has been reallocated since the administration set a goal of 500 MHz for wireless broadband over 10 years, Berry noted in an email. “I hope the concept of spectrum sharing is not a euphemism for ‘I give up,'” he said. “The Federal Government is the largest holder of spectrum, and it’s time for the Administration to roll up its sleeves and identify additional spectrum for commercial use.” Federal spectrum users should be required to share with each other first, Berry said. “This will help ultimately identify spectrum to be reallocated for commercial use,” he said. “Competitive carriers need useable spectrum now to roll out new innovative services, and there’s a slice of spectrum they could use today that is internationally harmonized and in a 4G LTE ecosystem -- 1755 MHz-1780 MHz. The Administration should immediately begin working to make this slice available to commercial users.”