Redl Says NTIA Pushing Spectrum Efficiency and Sharing, Hopes Botnet Report Out Soon

spectrum for industry, but that's expensive and time consuming, and is becoming more difficult as demand grows and obvious relocation candidates dry up, he said in a speech to the Media Institute Thursday, largely echoing his comments at an FCBA retreat (see 1805070001 and 1805060001). NTIA is relying on technological advances to improve efficiency and share spectrum, and it's making progress in overcoming the complex challenges, he said. The 3.5 GHz band (3550-3700 MHz) for the citizens broadband radio service could be a model for sharing, he said, with NTIA engineers working to certify systems necessary for military radar and commercial users to coexist. Asked about cybersecurity and Chinese threats, Redl said NTIA is working to bring other agencies together on possible executive branch comment or reply in the FCC national security rulemaking due June 1 and July 2 (see 1804180053). He hopes an NTIA botnet report will be released soon, which will emphasize the need for multifacted government and industry actions to address problems that can't be solved by any individual party -- themes he noted were in a January draft (see 1801110006 and 1802160042). Asked about the EU general data protection regulation taking effect May 25, he said NTIA is seeking to ensure access isn't restricted to the Whois database of online domain name ownership, which he said is vital to U.S. stakeholders. Redl said in his speech the U.S. must continue to fight for transparent multistakeholder policymaking and standards development, and against efforts to move the ITU into internet-related and cybersecurity issues. Redl expanded on his internet and cybersecurity views in a speech Thursday at a National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee meeting.