Legislation signed in July allows the FCC to resume licensing spectrum for commercial use while excluding 3.1–3.45 GHz and 7.4–8.4 GHz from commercial deployment. The law designates 2.7–2.9 GHz, 4.4–4.9 GHz, and 7.25–7.4 GHz for study and directs an auction of 100 MHz between 3.98–4.2 GHz. The outcomes create both opportunities and limitations for 5G and 6G ecosystems, eliminating hopes for a large 7.1–8.4 GHz block but enabling new access in four bands. Forecast implications include increased product sales and clearer investment timing, potentially offset by fewer deployed sites amid surging AI-driven bandwidth demand.
The "One Big Beautiful Bill" signed into law by President Trump in July offers good news and challenges to the 5G and 6G ecosystems, according to a new report from Mobile Experts. The press release begins with positive news for the industry. The firm said that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can resume licensing spectrum for commercial uses. The firm says that two bands, at 3.1 to 3.45 GHz and at 7.4 to 8.4 GHz, were excluded for commercial use.
Mobile Experts says that the results are a mixed bag. 6G proponents hoped for a 400- to 500 MHz-wide block of spectrum between 7.1 GHz and 8.4 GHz despite the incumbent users, the report says. That is off the table. However, the legislation creates opportunities in four bands. "The impact on our forecast is pretty complex here," Mobile Experts' Principal Analyst Joe Madden said in a press release about the 5G and 6G forecast report.
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