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Verizon Favors Satellite Operator-Led Process for Clearing C Band

A “satellite operator-led transition” like that proposed by the C-Band Alliance is “the fastest and most efficient way” to open the C band for 5G, Verizon executives said in a meeting with FCC General Counsel Tom Johnson and others. “Such…

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a process can free up hundreds of megahertz of valuable mid-band spectrum, potentially years faster than a Commission-administered auction process,” Verizon filed in a letter posted Friday in docket 18-122: “The value of that speed-to-market advantage to our economy and international competitiveness is enormous as countries around the world seek to position themselves as the hub of 5G development.”