National Spectrum Strategy Includes ‘Moonshot’ Sharing Effort

A 2016 chart of the U.S. allocation of radio spectrum.
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The Biden administration released a 26-page National Spectrum Strategy
The strategy states the U.S. will conduct an in-depth study of five spectrum bands
The U.S. also will develop a National Spectrum R&D Plan and establish a “national testbed” for dynamic spectrum sharing research. These actions are part of what the strategy describes as a “moonshot” effort to “advance research, create investment incentives, and set forth measurable goals for advancing the state of technology for spectrum access” within 18 months. The R&D plan will be developed by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
In a White House rollout event,
While the Biden administration has grand plans for sharing finite spectrum bands more effectively, Congress has yet to reinstate the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction authority, which lapsed in March 2023.