Analyst Says Business Sector Should Form Spectrum Alliance
Missing in many spectrum policy discussions during events and conferences is a unified "spectrum voice for enterprise," technology analyst and founder of the U.K.’s Disruptive Analysis Dean Bubley wrote on LinkedIn. There should be an alliance of companies "like Boeing,…
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John Deere, Walmart, Tesco, Marriott, Coca Cola, Shell and Johnson & Johnson that takes a collective stance on licensed, unlicensed and shared spectrum," he noted in a post this week. Such companies "are at the forefront" of wireless connectivity, communications and sensing through use of public 4G and 5G networks, private 4G and 5G and wireless in their facilities, and specialized wireless applications such as microwave links and industrial mesh, he wrote. "They collectively see the need for, and relative benefits of, different spectrum regimes, and complex landscapes of service providers and vendors." Yet they are represented only indirectly. "There is no coordinated 'Enterprise Spectrum Advocacy' group, either to give the collective voice of business users at conferences, or to respond to initiatives such as FCC, NTIA, Ofcom or EU consultations and national spectrum strategies." Technology-specific industry associations often avoid discussing multi-technology systems, he added.