CTIA, T-Mobile recap reasons for larger 3.5 GHz license areas

CTIA and T-Mobile are repeating their calls for larger licensed areas and 10-year spectrum license terms. T-Mobile and CTIA representatives met with Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly Legal Advisor Erin McGrath to discuss the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) proceeding. In 2017, both filed petitions with the FCC requesting that it revisit the 3.5 GHz rules that were originally passed in 2015. Their meetings with O’Rielly’s team are notable given that he’s been leading the charge to revise the rules and has made recommendations to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. It’s still not clear when the full commission will vote on revisions, but progress continues to be made toward commercial deployments using the spectrum.