Proposed 800 MHz Spectrum Pipeline Better Than Nothing: Consultant
The proposed restoration of the FCC's spectrum authority coming out of the Senate Commerce Committee (see 2506250054) isn't ideal, "but half a loaf and all that," consultant Richard Bennett wrote last week. A better pipeline would have made the whole…
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3 GHz band available for civilian use, but the 800 MHz of federal and nonfederal spectrum it makes available "will probably hold us over for 5-7 years, at which time we can begin to create a pathway for the next generation of mobile broadband." Unaddressed is a clawback of the overallocation of the upper 6 GHz and lower 7 GHz bands, Bennett said. "This would be a good candidate for reassignment, obviously, but nothing good happens in DC without a fight."