NTIA Says Progress Being Made on Administration Goal of Finding Spectrum for Wireless Broadband
NTIA, the FCC and other federal agencies have made “substantial progress” toward the goal the administration set in 2010 of making 500 MHz of spectrum available for wireless broadband in 10 years, NTIA said in its Fifth Interim Progress Report,…
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released Tuesday. Between October 2010 and September 2014, NTIA and the FCC recommended or identified for study for potential reallocation up to 589 MHz of spectrum, NTIA said. NTIA highlighted AWS-3 spectrum and the AWS-3 auction, the 3.5 GHz shared spectrum band and unlicensed use of 5 GHz spectrum. The report sets out goals for the year ahead, including the evaluation of actual federal spectrum use in five bands covering 960 MHz of spectrum. “In cooperation with the FCC and other stakeholders, NTIA will develop sharing options to accommodate new and innovative broadband applications and devices in the 5 GHz bands,” NTIA said. “With the benefit of public comment, NTIA and the FCC will further refine the definition of the Model City concept to promote innovative spectrum-sharing technologies. The FCC will continue efforts toward making spectrum above 24 GHz available for mobile services.”