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CTIA Urges FCC Approval of Multiband Radio Waivers

The FCC should approve Samsung Electronics America and Ericsson waiver requests for 5G base station radios that work across citizens broadband radio service and C-band spectrum, CTIA said (see 2303280054). “Commenters in this proceeding have highlighted that use of a…

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single radio covering two bands, rather than two separate radios operating in the same bands, has substantial benefits,” a filing posted Friday in docket 23-93 said. A multiband radio “reduces the weight and physical footprint of tower collocations, which allows for additional equipment, potentially by different operators, to be deployed,” CTIA said. They are also more energy efficient than using multiple radios, the group said: Samsung maintains the proposed radio will increase energy efficiency by 30%-45% “as compared to two standalone units.”