AEI's Swanson Wants FCC to Quickly Reallocate C Band for 5G, Says CBA Plan Makes Sense
Midband spectrum is critical to 5G and the FCC should do what it can to reallocate the C band quickly, blogged Bret Swanson, visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. “Existing low bands will continue to provide broad coverage, while…
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the new high bands will provide extremely high capacity links, often in densely populated areas,” Swanson said. “Mid-band spectrum will fill the gap in between.” The C-band Alliance “has proposed a secondary market solution, which could avoid a time-consuming FCC re-auction,” Swanson said Wednesday. There are several proposed solutions for the C band, including an incentive auction, he said: “But the C-band Alliance method seems much simpler and quicker.”