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NTIA, Industry Eyeing 4.4 GHz for Commercial Use

There are currently 15 federal agencies using the airwaves.

Jake Neenan

Nov 12, 2025 — 4 min read

Screenshot of Brooke Donilon, NTIA chief of staff, at CSIS's spectrum and national security event Wednesday

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is close to completing plans for studying two government spectrum bands for potential repurposing, a top agency official said Wednesday.

Those are the 4.400-4.940 GigaHertz (GHz) and 2.7-2.9 GHz bands, according to a top agency official, which together comprise 740 megahertz of airwaves. The agency is looking to make more spectrum available to wireless carriers.

“During the shutdown NTIA has been working on band study plans for 2.7 and 4.4 so that we can quickly have those out the door when the government reopens,” NTIA Chief of Staff Brooke Donilon said Wednesday. She spoke at an event hosted by the Center for Strategic & International Studies and sponsored by CTIA, the mobile industry trade group.

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