A recent spectrum deal between the Department of...
A recent spectrum deal between the Department of Defense and NAB is likely to help the FCC in preparing for an upcoming spectrum auction, an observer told us. NTIA had announced the DOD-NAB agreement for sharing the 2025-2110 MHz band…
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of spectrum last week (CD Nov 26 p1). “While they certainly did not need the NAB’s blessing, the agreement makes it a whole lot easier for the FCC to move forward confidently to pair the 1755-80 MHz band with 2155-80 MHz band for an auction ahead of the February 2015 statutory deadline,” said New America Foundation’s Michael Calabrese, director of its Wireless Future Project. Observers and industry stakeholders pointed to the deal as a major sign of progress as well as federal agency and industry investment in spectrum sharing (CD Nov 29 p1).