GE Officials Make Case at FCC for Small Licenses in CBRS Band, Citing IoT

General Electric executives said they spoke with Rachael Bender, aide to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, on why the FCC should keep census tract-sized licenses in the 3.5 GHz citizens broadband radio service band. GE has been a leading proponent of keeping the current license sizes, citing the importance to the industrial IoT (see 1802140055). “Spectrum is an essential input for myriad activities around the United States that generate important economic, social, safety, and other public interest benefits,” said a filing in docket 17-258. “GE, its industrial and critical-infrastructure customers, and other diverse users will make intensive use of their licensed spectrum with targeted, localized wireless network deployments that will generate a wave of new cutting-edge jobs and economic growth in a mix of urban, suburban, rural, and remote areas.”