Mobile Broadband: The Benefits of Additional Spectrum

This detailed technical and economic forecast of mobile broadband market trends details the looming spectrum crunch in a concrete, data-driven fashion.

Some of the key findings in the white paper are:

• Within the next five years, the spectrum deficit is likely to approach 300 megahertz.
• This spectrum crunch will be driven by significant growth of mobile broadband traffic, on the order of 35 times recent levels.
• Mobile broadband growth is likely to outpace the ability of technology and network improvements to keep up by an estimated factor of three.
• Meeting this need may create $120 billion in spectrum value, with hundreds of billions more in total value to the economy.