[1st-mile-nm] FCC Opens Spectrum; Creates Citizens Broadband Radio Service

[Richard Lowenberg]

From Community Broadband Networks:
http://muninetworks.org/content/fcc-opens-spectrum-creates-citizens-broadband-radio-service 

On April 17th, FCC Commissioners voted unanimously to expand the use of spectrum previously reserved for U.S. Army and Navy radar systems.  The FCC Report and Order creates the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) which establishes rules for shared use by licensed and unlicensed users.

This is a step forward to ensuring we are getting the most use out of the spectrum - by allowing different entities to share the spectrum when it is not being used in some geographic areas for the purpose it was originally allocated for.

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The FCC's April 17th Press Release:
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0417/DOC-333083A1.pdf



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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute          www.1st-mile.org  
P. O.  Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM    87504
505-603-5200                 rl at 1st-mile.org
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