Last week, Federated Wireless met with Commissioner Trusty’s office to help propel the ongoing CBRS rulemaking process.
Our message was clear: CBRS is exceeding expectations. More than 400,000 devices are deployed and hundreds of operators use the band daily. We’ve had 100% uptime through 2024 and into 2025, with no outages and no interference. That’s spectrum sharing working exactly as intended.
According to Mobile Experts, the private networking market is expected to reach $6 billion by 2030, with CBRS emerging as a leading candidate for private wireless deployments according to the GSA—timely FCC action will provide the regulatory certainty needed to unlock investment and accelerate growth in this critical segment.
This level of success didn’t happen by chance. It’s the result of years of close collaboration between industry, government, and innovation leaders. Together, we built a framework that protects federal operations while enabling real-world commercial deployments across the country.
And that foundation continues to evolve. Companies like Federated Wireless have invested heavily to build and scale the tools that make dynamic spectrum sharing work—at national scale and with global relevance. CBRS now supports the most robust and diverse 5G ecosystem in the world.
We urged the FCC to take the next step. Targeted updates—such as allowing higher power and modernizing equipment standards—will unlock the next wave of growth, improving performance and accelerating adoption.
The timing is crucial. As NTIA’s BEAD program enters its implementation phase, CBRS is poised to be a critical piece of the puzzle—especially for fixed wireless. Smart updates to the rules will help broadband providers stretch their dollars further, reach more communities, and deliver results faster.
We also talked about the bigger picture. The 3 GHz band still operates under fragmented service rules, which creates barriers for deployment. Starting with CBRS, we have a chance to realign those rules and modernize how we manage shared spectrum. That will be critical as we look ahead to new models of coexistence with DoD in the lower 3 GHz band.
We’re proud to be part of the CBRS community and excited to help shape what’s next.