6G Can't Be Built Using 'Leftover' Spectrum: WIA
Reallocating spectrum in the U.S. often takes years, which is too long in an era of rapid change, said Iain Gillott, vice president of technology and innovation at the Wireless Infrastructure Association, in a blog post Thursday. 4G LTE could use a 20 MHz channel and was often deployed in 5 or 10 MHz channels, Gillott said, but “5G Advanced and 6G require much larger channel sizes to deliver the benefits promised.” The U.S. needs large and clean “lanes” of midband spectrum, “not leftover fragments.”
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Technology doesn’t “wait for regulatory calendars,” Gillott wrote. “Delay means lost market share and higher costs. The solution is simple: shorter decision cycles, clear deadlines, and defined paths from identification to assignment. Spectrum delayed is spectrum denied.”