Consensus Growing on Need To Identify More Spectrum for Broadband, CTIA Says
Policymakers in Washington are in growing agreement that the U.S. needs to identify at least 350 MHz of new spectrum for wireless broadband, said CTIA Executive Vice President Brad Gillen Friday in a blog post. “Here’s why this consensus on…
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spectrum policy is so important,” he wrote. “Mobile data traffic grew more than 35-fold from 2009 to 2014, and today the average user consumes 1.8 gigabits of data each month. By 2019, mobile data traffic is projected to be six times the amount flowing as of last year. Infrastructure deployments and efficient spectrum use alone cannot keep up with the rapidly growing demand for 4G connectivity, let alone foster the next generation of 5G technologies.”