Next Steps for Innovative Spectrum Sharing

On June 18, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Sarah Morris spoke at CBRS 2.0: The Next Generation of Spectrum Sharing with the U.S. Military in Washington, DC. In her remarks, Morris spoke about some of the successes of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). "When the CBRS ecosystem rolled out some 5 years ago, it was forward-looking and innovative—and it has continued to grow.

• NTIA’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences found that once deployment began, CBRS equipment rollout increased steadily. There was a cumulative 121 percent increase over a 21-month period through December 2022.
• More recently, the OnGo Alliance reported that CBRS deployments have continued to increase. More than 1,000 different operators were using 370,000 active CBRS transmitters in the 3.5 GHz band by the end of 2023.
• In reviewing the performance of the CBRS technologies and systems, engineers have found that CBRS works. Not a single example of harmful interference to federal operations has been reported.

I want to congratulate and celebrate the spectrum engineers and policymakers who developed the bold and innovative CBRS solution to spectrum scarcity in the 3.5 GHz band."