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This decision marks a missed opportunity to respect Tribal sovereignty over their spectrum resources — and comes at the cost of the much-needed spectrum Tribes could use to provide broadband access to their communities. Read our statement from Gov Affairs Policy Advocate @natpurser.bsky.social:
Public Knowledge Urges FCC To Include Tribal Priority Window in Next Spectrum Auction
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July 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This decision marks a missed opportunity to respect Tribal sovereignty over their spectrum resources — and comes at the cost of the much-needed spectrum Tribes could use to provide broadband access to their communities. Read our statement from Gov Affairs Policy Advocate @natpurser.bsky.social:
No, but they’d probably say BEAD absolves them of that responsibility (the rural
broadband deployment fund that’s about to be implemented.)
broadband deployment fund that’s about to be implemented.)
July 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
No, but they’d probably say BEAD absolves them of that responsibility (the rural
broadband deployment fund that’s about to be implemented.)
broadband deployment fund that’s about to be implemented.)
Congress already protects military and some Wi-Fi spectrum. now Congress and the FCC must extend those same protections to CBRS and 6 GHz — or risk letting BEAD fail before it begins.
www.lightreading.com/fixed-wirele...
www.lightreading.com/fixed-wirele...
BEAD bets big on CBRS and 6GHz bands, so why is Congress gutting them?
The NTIA's BEAD program has been overhauled to potentially shift billions from fiber networks to unlicensed fixed wireless, but a move by Congress to auction off the spectrum needed for those networks...
www.lightreading.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Congress already protects military and some Wi-Fi spectrum. now Congress and the FCC must extend those same protections to CBRS and 6 GHz — or risk letting BEAD fail before it begins.
www.lightreading.com/fixed-wirele...
www.lightreading.com/fixed-wirele...
the 6 GHz and CBRS bands are part of our everyday life: they power hospitals, libraries, rural and tribal networks, stadiums, ports, private industry, and more. 80–90% of mobile internet traffic flows over Wi-Fi that depends on this spectrum.
July 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
the 6 GHz and CBRS bands are part of our everyday life: they power hospitals, libraries, rural and tribal networks, stadiums, ports, private industry, and more. 80–90% of mobile internet traffic flows over Wi-Fi that depends on this spectrum.
that means rural providers could win BEAD funds, build networks, and then lose access to the airwaves that power them within a year. that’s billions in public investment, gone.
July 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
that means rural providers could win BEAD funds, build networks, and then lose access to the airwaves that power them within a year. that’s billions in public investment, gone.
under BEAD’s new guidance, unlicensed fixed wireless (ULFW) will play a much bigger role in BEAD — but ULFW relies on the 6 GHz and CBRS bands, and Ted Cruz wants to sell off that spectrum to the big mobile carriers to raise $85B through the reconciliation bill.
July 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
under BEAD’s new guidance, unlicensed fixed wireless (ULFW) will play a much bigger role in BEAD — but ULFW relies on the 6 GHz and CBRS bands, and Ted Cruz wants to sell off that spectrum to the big mobile carriers to raise $85B through the reconciliation bill.
look, just doing my part to keep PK hip cool and groovy
October 16, 2024 at 2:31 PM
look, just doing my part to keep PK hip cool and groovy