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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 1078098" data-attributes="member: 175144">I can't find this mentioned elsewhere on the forum, but the first selloff in the US is expected mid 2020, a freeing of some 300MHz in the important band may follow after a vote next month.However, the 3.5GHz CBRS band isn't the spectrum that's generating the most interest for 5G. The FCC is also looking at ways to release C-Band spectrum for 5G. The C-Band sits between 3.7GHz and 4.2GHz, but is currently being used for the delivery of video. However, the FCC is evaluating ways to free up spectrum in the band for 5G. That effort is expected to produce far more spectrum -- between 200MHz and 500MHz for 5G -- and is therefore much more valuable to 5G providers than a mere 70MHz of 3.5GHz spectrum. The FCC is expected to vote on the C-Band in November, and <a href="https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/fcc-to-free-300mhz-of-c-band-for-5g-in-november-analysts-say/d/d-id/753723" target="_blank">some analysts expect the agency to release up to 300MHz of C-Band for 5G</a>. [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/americas-first-big-5g-midband-spectrum-auction-will-be-in-june-2020/d/d-id/753885[/URL]There was talk of an exclusion zone, but it was related to Alaska only.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 1078098, member: 175144"] I can't find this mentioned elsewhere on the forum, but the first selloff in the US is expected mid 2020, a freeing of some 300MHz in the important band may follow after a vote next month. [I]However, the 3.5GHz CBRS band isn't the spectrum that's generating the most interest for 5G. The FCC is also looking at ways to release C-Band spectrum for 5G. The C-Band sits between 3.7GHz and 4.2GHz, but is currently being used for the delivery of video. However, the FCC is evaluating ways to free up spectrum in the band for 5G. That effort is expected to produce far more spectrum -- between 200MHz and 500MHz for 5G -- and is therefore much more valuable to 5G providers than a mere 70MHz of 3.5GHz spectrum. The FCC is expected to vote on the C-Band in November, and [URL='https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/fcc-to-free-300mhz-of-c-band-for-5g-in-november-analysts-say/d/d-id/753723']some analysts expect the agency to release up to 300MHz of C-Band for 5G[/URL]. [/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/americas-first-big-5g-midband-spectrum-auction-will-be-in-june-2020/d/d-id/753885[/URL] There was talk of an exclusion zone, but it was related to Alaska only. [/QUOTE]

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