Spectrum sharing offers huge potential benefits for the 3550-3650 MHz...
Spectrum sharing offers huge potential benefits for the 3550-3650 MHz band, a group of tech companies and trade associations said in a letter to NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. Among those who signed are NCTA, Computer…
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& Communications Industry Association, Google and Microsoft. “The undersigned believe that spectrum sharing of this kind is a tool that should be used in the effort to designate additional spectrum for non-governmental uses,” the letter said. “More specifically, we are interested in the opportunities presented by potential public-private sharing of the 3550-3650 MHz band. Such an approach could enable a range of consumer wireless services if the band were made available on a shared basis, such as through an unlicensed designation, using a database system to ensure proper coordination with government incumbents.” The Internet Commerce Coalition, Spectrum Bridge and the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association also signed the letter.