US Faces Mid-Band Spectrum Crunch, Ericsson CEO Tells FCC's Starks

The U.S. needs to make the C band and other mid-band spectrum available for 5G, said Ericsson Global CEO Borje Ekholm and North American CEO Niklas Heuveldop in a meeting with FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks. “It is being rolled out faster than anticipated,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 18-122: “Globally, Ericsson is seeing a lot of demand for 5G mobile broadband, but we expect to see more use cases centered on enterprise solutions -- taking IoT and industrial applications to the next level.” The FCC may act soon on an auction of the C band for 5G.