Dynamic Networks / CBRS
A shared spectrum framework powering connectivity across hospitals, schools, and America’s next-generation factories.
Every day, millions of Americans depend on a quiet engine of connectivity they’ve never heard of. It’s a small slice of mid-band spectrum known as the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) – what we call America’s Innovation Band.
Unlike traditional spectrum, which only a handful of companies can access, this Innovation Band empowers schools, hospitals, small businesses, rural providers, and industries to build the wireless systems they need without billion-dollar licenses. Whether it’s a rural school district trying to reach every student or a manufacturing plant deploying robotics, this band gives communities and employers the freedom to build modern, reliable networks on their own terms.
CBRS is one of the most inclusive and successful models in U.S. spectrum policy. By expanding access to mid-band spectrum, the Innovation Band enables a wide range of users to deploy wireless networks designed for their needs.
Across the country, CBRS supports connectivity in diverse settings, including:
Shared spectrum like CBRS helps power the Wi-Fi networks Americans rely on every day.
CBRS also supports the performance and reliability of Wi-Fi, which is the primary way Americans connect to the internet, carrying nearly 90% of all data on consumer smartphones.
Wi-Fi depends on secure, interference-managed spectrum like CBRS to handle the heavy lifting behind the scenes. Shared spectrum models — including CBRS — make fast, reliable, and affordable Wi-Fi possible in homes, schools, hospitals, and businesses nationwide.
Smart policy made the Innovation Band possible, and smart policy must protect it.
CBRS is the result of deliberate policy choices that balanced access, innovation, and interference protection. That framework has given a wide range of users the ability to invest in and deploy wireless networks at scale.
Today, this success story faces real risk. Proposed FCC rules would allow much higher power levels, which could overwhelm smaller networks and undermine the shared framework that makes this band work. Washington shouldn’t tear down what communities have spent years building. We shouldn’t abandon what works.
If these rules move forward, the country could:
An American success story, measured in scale and momentum.
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