FCC Will Auction 5G-ready 3.7-4.2GHz and mmWave Spectrum (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday February 26, 2018 @05:31AM from the up-next dept.

Jeremy Horwitz, writing for VentureBeat: Speaking at the Mobile World Congress today in Barcelona, Spain, U.S. FCC chairman Ajit Pai today announced that the commission is prepared to quickly make 5G-ready wireless spectrum available in two critically important ranges: Mid-frequency, including both 3.5GHz and 3.7-4.2GHz ranges, and high-frequency, including 24GHz and 28GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) ranges. Pai suggested that the FCC is ready to auction the spectrum in the near future, but requires Congressional cooperation by May 13 to make the 24GHz and 28GHz allocations happen.

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Whenever this guy tries to hurry something up by enjar · 2018-02-26 05:37 · Score: 4, Insightful

I'm wondering how I'm getting screwed.
1. Re:Whenever this guy tries to hurry something up by Anonymous Coward · 2018-02-26 05:51 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  Instead of being opened for use, like the wifi bands, it is being auctioned to monopolists who will mostly sit on it to keep prices high. That is how you are getting screwed.