NTIA Releases Spectrum Sharing Analysis
NTIA released a report Thursday offering a quantitative analysis of various federal bands for potential sharing. “The release of this report today is an important milestone in our activities aimed at continuing to improve how NTIA manages scarce radio spectrum…
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resources as demand increases from all sides,” NTIA officials said in a blog post. “The results of the quantitative assessments will help NTIA, in consultation with the agencies, determine the extent to which any of these frequency bands should be further evaluated for sharing with commercial users, particularly in major metropolitan areas.” Among its conclusions, the report found that the 3100-3550 MHz band “could be examined more closely to determine if it can be used by commercial providers,” while the 1675-1695 MHz band could also be looked at for sharing, but in only in certain areas.