FCC OKs Verizon, Microsoft for CBRS Field Tests

Microsoft and Verizon received FCC experimental licenses to do tests in the 3.5 GHz citizens broadband radio service band. Microsoft plans tests at its campus in Redmond, Washington. Verizon said it plans “a series of field tests” using BDRS devices at different locations. “Field tests will be conducted in a production network, in a highly controlled field environment, in order to assist in the development of commercial products,” the carrier said: “The testing will benefit the public interest by enabling the pre-commercial testing of new products outside of a lab environment but in a controlled and managed manner.”