More Spectrum Alone Not the Answer to Making Wireless More Competitive, PCIA Says
PCIA used its comments on the FCC’s pending wireless competition report to warn that federal, state and local obstacles to deploying wireless facilities remain. “The Commission should continue to examine its regulations to facilitate the rollout of wireless broadband and…
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advise other agencies on key steps to success, especially for facilities deployed on federal lands,” PCIA said. Just reallocating more spectrum for licensed use is not an answer without better deployment, PCIA said. “New spectrum, a necessary but finite resource with extended lag time from purchase to deployment, cannot alone handle this surge in traffic; infrastructure providers and carriers must deploy new cell sites to deliver the increased capacity consumers demand,” the group said. Writers Guild of America, West warned that the U.S. market remains highly concentrated. “AT&T and Verizon retain duopoly control of the wireless market with 66 percent of subscribers and 73 percent of low- band spectrum,” the guild said. “Although these two companies control two-thirds of the wireless market they continue to acquire spectrum.”