DoD Releases Long-Awaited Report on Lower 3 GHz

Michael Calabrese, Director of the Wireless Future Project at OTI, was quoted in a Fierce Wireless article on the Department of Defense's long-awaited spectrum-sharing report.

Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Project at New America’s Open Technology Institute, is among those who would like to see more spectrum made available for use beyond traditional cellular.

As expected, the DoD report concludes that dynamic sharing with commercial use is possible, but not clearing large portions of the band at the sort of high power, very wide transmissions that mobile carriers prefer, he said.

“We remain optimistic that this spectrum will ultimately become available and very productive,” Calabrese said. “We are encouraging NTIA to build on DoD’s study and focus on refining how shared commercial use can coexist with military operations that cannot readily be moved to other bands.”