CBRS advocates accuse mobile carriers of trying to amp it up to 11

The Citizens Broadband Radio Service community has a message for anyone pushing for higher CBRS power levels: back off. CBRS proponents held a webinar hosted by New America where they highlighted two studies—one showing how the private wireless CBRS network market is growing and another describing the enormous disruption that would result if higher power levels were introduced. For the past several years, wireless carriers have been pushing for higher power base stations in the 3.55-3.7 GHz CBRS band, similar to what they use in their fully licensed bands on either side of the band. Otherwise, they say, it’s not much use to them. The issue is part of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking pending at the Federal Communications Commission.