Commissioner Rosenworcel ‘exasperated’ over lack of movement on 3.5 GHz CBRS band

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Another Federal Communications Commission meeting is in the books with no final decisions on the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) band. When asked about the timing of the 3.5 GHz item, FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly deferred to the chairman, who determines those things. Separately during Sept 26's press briefing, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel answered the same reporter’s question with a decidedly different tone, but one that reiterated her previous level of frustration at the lack of movement on the issue. "We have a serious deficit of midband spectrum in the United States. South Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain have already set out midband spectrum for auction. China has already cleared airwaves as well,” she said. “But somehow, we are sitting here many years after our initial proposal in the 3.5 GHz band and we’re stuck in some kind of bureaucratic quagmire,” she said. “I do not understand. We should have moved ahead a long time ago. I don’t have any insight, but I am exasperated. We should have done this a long time ago.”


Commissioner Rosenworcel ‘exasperated’ over lack of movement on 3.5 GHz CBRS band