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CTIA Pulls Application for SAS Administrator Designation

CTIA withdrew applications to be designated a spectrum access system (SAS) administrator and environmental sensing capability (EMC) operator. It's "a business decision" independent of its focus to make the 3.5 GHz band available for 5G and other uses, it said…

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in a docket 15-319 filing posted Monday. CTIA said its interest in being an SAS administrator and EMC operator involved mainly ensuring its member companies had enough opportunity to use the 3.5 GHz band, but the number of companies seeking that designation points to a likely competitive SAS and ESC market. The band can be used for citizens broadband radio service.