CBRS Proponents Reiterate Opposition to Higher Power
‘The spectrum access systems have no way of dealing with this.’
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2026 – Proponents of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service reiterated their opposition to higher power levels in the shared band Wednesday.
Users and supporters of CBRS have been making clear in recent months they don’t want to see higher power, or any of the band auctioned off. The spectrum wasn’t exempted from a July 2025 budget bill mandating the auction of 800 megahertz, but there’s also a pending rulemaking at the Federal Communications Commission that asked questions about whether the agency should raise power levels in CBRS.
“There’s concern the FCC may be taking those seriously,” said Michael Calabrese, head of New America’s Wireless Future Program, addressing a New America webinar.
