At a White House event on Friday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the FCC is auctioning off more 5G spectrum than ever. Specifically, high-band airwaves that would technically open the doors to much faster speeds than those achievable under 4G currently. This is one part of the FCC’s multi-pronged approach to 5G. Under Chairman Pai, the FCC is pursuing a comprehensive strategy to Facilitate America's Superiority in 5G Technology (the 5G FAST Plan). The Chairman's stra

This month, the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee met separately to discuss spectrum policy and how to meet consumer demand for better cellphone networks. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full committee hearing entitled “Removing Barriers to Wireless Broadband Deployment”. At the same time, the House Energy & Commerce Committee held a hearing entitled “Improving Federal Spectrum Systems”. Both hearings

Next year, the FCC is scheduled to auction off valuable spectrum that is currently licensed and held by television broadcasters to be purchased by wireless companies who can convert the old broadcast TV spectrum into more useful services for consumers. We are concerned because even with the additional spectrum being auctioned off to wireless carriers, many experts are worried that we are going to hit another “Spectrum Crunch” where demand for mobile broadband surpasses the a

As avid, daily mobile phone users, we don’t often spend a lot of time thinking about how our texts, emails or Snapchats move from one phone to another. We pick up our device, we hit send on one of the hundreds of apps we have downloaded and almost instantly, it arrives on our friend’s device. In the beginning of cell phone technology, we could only make phone calls. Then, text messages were introduced (up to 140 characters) and shortly thereafter, the ability to send pictures