CTIA—The Wireless Association has posted two new videos on its website in the last week that promote a speedy allocation of high band spectrum by the FCC, and another that explains the differences of low, mid and high band spectrums.
The most recent, “#HighBandSectrum: Requires Bold Action on 5G” posted on June 13, is 54 seconds long and features CTIA President/CEO Meredith Attwell Baker; T-Mobile Vice Presiden, Radio Network Engineering and Development Mark McDiarmid, Verizon Vice President of Technology Planning Adam Koeppe; and Intel VP/Platform Engineering Group & GM, Next Generation and Standards, Asha Keddy, and it tells viewers “America has the chance to be bold in the race to 5G as long as the FCC acts in July 2016 to allocate #HighBandSpectrum. Agency action on #HighBandSpectrum is essential for America’s mobile industry to remain the world’s leader as we move to 5G.”
Posted on June 8, “How #HighBandSpectrum is Like a Sprinter” is one minute and four seconds long and serves as a primer on what spectrum is. “Spectrum is radio frequencies that travel through the air and power our mobile devices and services from videos to the internet of things.” It notes that low band spectrum is like a marathon runner, it can travel long distances and provides more coverage and penetrates through buildings or terrain.” The video describes mid band as, “a jogger doesn’t travel as far as low band but provides capacity” while the high band “is like a sprinter. It goes fast but doesn’t go very far.” High band does, however, enable high speed data for the Internet of Things, ultra high data, and virtual reality.” The video, which is also posted on YouTube, reminds viewers, “All bands play an important role in fueling our wireless lives.”
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