AEI's Swanson Wants FCC to Quickly Reallocate C Band for 5G, Says CBA Plan Makes Sense

Midband spectrum is critical to 5G and the FCC should do what it can to reallocate the C band quickly, blogged Bret Swanson, visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. “Existing low bands will continue to provide broad coverage, while the new high bands will provide extremely high capacity links, often in densely populated areas,” Swanson said. “Mid-band spectrum will fill the gap in between.” The C-band Alliance “has proposed a secondary market solution, which could avoid a time-consuming FCC re-auction,” Swanson said Wednesday. There are several proposed solutions for the C band, including an incentive auction, he said: “But the C-band Alliance method seems much simpler and quicker.”