Posted by: Carl Povelites on February 3, 2011 at 10:18 am
Like a climb up Mount Everest, finding new spectrum allocations for commercial wireless broadband use is extremely challenging. Those who have spectrum want to keep it, and the low hanging fruit has already been allocated…base camp has been reached.
The President, Congress and the FCC have all made it clear that additional spectrum is necessary to meet consumers’ increasing wireless broadband needs. Indeed, growth in data is exploding, with traffic nearly tripling in 2010. While carriers continue to invest heavily to add capacity, new spectrum is critical to reaping the full benefits of wireless broadband.
Earlier this week, the NTIA provided much needed support by announcing that it will conduct a detailed analysis of the 1755-1850 MHz band as its next step in evaluating government spectrum holdings for potential repurposing for commercial broadband use.
