BAC Bid to Combine Midband Plans Doesn't Help 5G Deployment, Intelsat Says
The Broadband Access Coalition push to tie together an Intelsat/Intel plan for clearing 3.7 GHz spectrum with its own plan for the 3.7-4.2 GHz band (see 1803190043) seems to run contrary to the goal of clearing that spectrum for 5G,…
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Intelsat Vice President-Investor Relations Dianne Van Beber told us Tuesday. She said the BAC effort to authorize a licensed, point-to-multipoint fixed wireless service in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band arguably makes deployment of terrestrial mobile service more difficult, and the Intelsat/Intel plan is about clearing spectrum for 5G purposes.