Another Spectrum Auction?

[EarDemon]

If n5, n66 and n2 are faster, provide lower latency and provide better speed over distance then their LTE counterparts, who cares?

The Ultra Wideband moniker is used for mid-band n48 CBRS and n77 c-band and n261 and n260 mmWave.

 

[MrMars]

Trying to respect people and the forum rules so will just say I wish this forum had a thumbs down option.....

 

[kofi123]

So what do they want? The rest of C-band and more OTA?

There was brief testimony about how OTA television is an outdated use of spectrum, but the main focus of the hearing ended up being how winning the "battle against China" for setting global 6G standards is dependent on quickly and safely auctioning off spectrum currently allocated to the Department of Defense.

 

[Juan]

If n5, n66 and n2 are faster, provide lower latency and provide better speed over distance then their LTE counterparts, who cares?

The Ultra Wideband moniker is used for mid-band n48 CBRS and n77 c-band and n261 and n260 mmWave.

Its not what the consumer wants..its what the government and telcos want...5g is supposed to carry alot more than just "phone data traffic".. its supposed to be a fast reliable wireless internet backbone that will cover the entire nation...will it ever become that? Nooooooo..Fiber is the best solution...wireless is just the cheapest and fastest to be deployed

 

[k4otl]

I get auctioning off Federally controlled spectrum. Selling C band would suck for us (and TV/radio stations), but selling more OTA spectrum would be painful for a lot more folks. Once you get a good thing going they've gotta screw it up. I don't see them selling off VHF, there's no spectrum there to take that's useful for cellular. TV/radio and 2 way radio is about all it can be used for. Worst case scenario we'll only have VHF stations (or a few UHF stations left) and Ku band FTA.

It kills me that the trend in the radio-wireless world is less about "Seeing how far distance-wise we can communicate efficiently" to "How can we communicate wirelessly as much as possible over ~25 feet". Wireless spectrum is scare, wired spectrum not as much.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

The race to 6G?

They haven't even got 5G working correctly yet.

 

[Bruce]

The race to 6G?

They haven't even got 5G working correctly yet.

Evolve or Die.

Any plans they are making now, we will not see for at least 5-10 years.

 

[primestar31]

so will just say I wish this forum had a thumbs down option.....

Seems to me I remember we DID have that option at one point, and Scott took it away. I don't remember for sure just why though.

 

[VictoriaFTA]

FYI... per the "big beautiful bill" passing, there will indeed be another spectrum auction.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text

SEC. 40002. SPECTRUM AUCTIONS.

(b) General Auction Authority.--
(1) Amendment.--Section 309(j)(11) of the Communications
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)) is amended by striking
``grant a license or permit under this subsection shall expire
March 9, 2023'' and all that follows and inserting the
following: "complete a system of competitive bidding under this
subsection shall expire September 30, 2034

Spectrum auctions.--The Commission shall grant licenses
through systems of competitive bidding, before the expiration
of the general auction authority of the Commission under
section 309(j)(11) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
309(j)(11)), as amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection,
for not less than 300 megahertz, including by completing a
system of competitive bidding not later than 2 years after the
date of enactment of this Act for not less than 100 megahertz
in the band between 3.98 gigahertz and 4.2 gigahertz.

tl;dr: Trump and his party just cleared the way for the FCC to auction off the rest of the C-band spectrum, and in fact they have made taking away a bare minimum of the 4000 to 4100 MHz range from Americans and handing it over to the cell phone companies a requirement that the FCC must complete within two years. But they now have the authority to take it all away and hand it over to the cell phone companies if they want to.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!