Thursday, April 28, 2016

Google To Test 3.5-GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service Shared Spectrrum in Kansas City, Mo.

Google has gotten permission from Kansas City’s city council to test 3.5 GHz frequencies for fixed wireless Internet access. 

The test is noteworthy for a couple of reasons. For starters, Google Fiber believes it can reach more customers if it can use fixed wireless platforms to areas where it can justify deploying fiber to the home. 

The other interesting angle is that 3.5-GHz spectrum matters because it is part of the spectrum set aside for a novel shared spectrum approach that allows commercial users to supply services in licensed spectrum already awarded to government users, on a secondary basis. 

In other words, Google wants to test the viability of using shared spectrum made available as part of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service. 

Google asked for two-year, discounted rate use of some city light poles and other structures in eight areas: downtown, the Plaza, Waldo, 18th and Vine, Zona Rosa, Brookside, Westport and near Barry Road and Interstate 29. The testing will be outdoors in four places and inside at all eight sites.

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