FCC Launching Inquiry to Examine Sharing C-Band Spectrum

Wireless carriers expected to favor auction or other approach

Author:: TV Technology Staff
Publish date:: Aug 2, 2017
Updated on: Feb 23, 2018

WASHINGTON—When the FCC launches its Notice of inquiry on Aug. 2 into the fate of the mid-band spectrum, it will unleash arguments about the role that C-Band technology—the airwaves used for the decades-old satellite video signals—plays in rural connectivity and other “opportunities for next generation… wireless broadband” services.

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