NTIA Reports Steady Progress Finding Spectrum for Broadband
The Obama administration is about halfway to meeting its target of providing 500 megahertz of additional spectrum for broadband in 10 years, said an interim progress report released by NTIA Friday. It covers FY 2015, which ended Sept. 30. The…
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245 MHz of spectrum repositioned for wireless broadband is exactly the same figure offered by NTIA a year ago in a blog post by Associate Administrator Paige Atkins (see 1507080035). Activities since the last progress report in July 2015 “have focused on making spectrum already studied available for commercial wireless services, and on continuing studies of additional spectrum toward meeting our 500 megahertz goal,” the report said. NTIA lists 140 megahertz of spectrum from federal or shared bands and 105 megahertz from non-federal bands. The administration set the 10-year target in 2010.