Universities, local school districts, and other educators are fighting to hang on to a slice of airwaves the Federal Communications Commission may want to repurpose for commercial 5G networks.
The FCC is scrambling to free up spectrum for
Long before broadband, the commission set aside spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band for colleges and other educators’ broadcast television operations. Educational institutions currently hold almost 2,200 licenses, each of which generally covers a 35-mile radius, mostly ...