Spectrum

Private Network Users, WISPs Form New Pro-CBRS Group

The American-Made 5G Coalition urged Carr and Roth not to disrupt the band.

Jake Neenan

Nov 18, 2025 — 2 min read

Photo of Igino Cafiero, director of high value crop autonomy at John Deere, in January by Abbie Parr/AP

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2025 – A group of private network users, wireless broadband providers, and their equipment vendors is urging federal spectrum managers not to sell part of a shared band they depend on.

The Citizens Broadband Radio Service, which sits in the 3.55-3.7 GigaHertz (GHz) band, is used by companies for private networks and by wireless broadband providers in rural areas.

Users and proponents of the band were worried about the band being sold off when Congress told the agency in July to sell off 300 megahertz of non-federal spectrum, while at the same time killing a carve-out that would have blocked a sale of the band.