Promise of 5G Wireless Seen in Long-Distance Dig Before FCC Vote

Michael Calabrese was quoted in Bloomberg about the possibility of 5G Wireless:

The FCC slated airwaves in four different swathes for use by 5G. Some airwaves are to be auctioned for exclusive use by winning bidders, and others -- mainly in frequencies that travel less far than the auctioned airwaves -- are to be shared.

Interests including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and the New America public policy group asked that more airwaves be offered for shared use.

Carriers that win at auction may have incentive to deploy 5G only in crowded urban spaces, leaving other areas without coverage, said Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Project at the Washington-based New America.

“Nobody really knows yet what 5G will be,” Calabrese said. “But the carriers have decided they want to control access to this spectrum for whatever it is that develops.”