Congress needs to find a balance between unlicensed and licensed...
Congress needs to find a balance between unlicensed and licensed spectrum in “any spectrum legislation it may move this fall,” CTIA President Steve Largent said in a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. “To be clear, any…
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band plan adopted by the Commission for the repurposed broadcast bands must not sacrifice spectrum in the TV bands that is ideal for licensed mobile wireless broadband service to accommodate unlicensed use,” Largent wrote. “That does not mean there is no opportunity for unlicensed usage in those bands. Because there will need to be a gap between the uplink and downlink bands used for licensed services, there may be a possibility (subject to appropriate interference safeguards that protect adjacent, primary licensed services) to permit secondary unlicensed usage in that gap.” Congress should allow unlicensed use in the white spaces of a repacked TV band and also approve additional unlicensed usage in the 5 GHz band as recommended in HR-2520, sponsored by Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., Largent said.