Remarks of Assistant Secretary Arielle Roth at the Princeton NextG Symposium

At the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, we are moving with urgency to modernize federal operations, improve efficiency, and get more spectrum into the marketplace. Our goal is to meet and hopefully exceed Congress’ timeline to find the spectrum that will power the next generation of wireless innovation. I look forward to delving into status of the bands we are studying and how we plan to meet our targets. I also want to highlight a new tool from NTIA that will track our progress in real time. As a former Hill staffer, I always found federal spectrum policy to be a black box—a frustration I know many in academia and industry have also experienced when trying to access data and visibility into the processes shaping spectrum decisions. This lack of transparency undermines trust and limits collaboration needed for serious research and analysis. We’ve set out to change that with the launch of Spectrum.gov. This new resource will provide transparent updates on the actions we are taking to enable 6G, improve spectrum management, and unleash the space economy. It brings together NTIA’s resources for federal spectrum managers, policymakers, academia, industry, and the public into one easy-to-navigate website. Importantly, it highlights where we stand on the bands NTIA has announced for study and ultimately identification: 1675-1695 MHz, 2.7 GHz, 4 GHz, and 7 GHz.