Every day, consumers and businesses rely on wireless devices to enrich their daily lives and enable their workflows. The number of these devices and the bandwidth consumed by them are growing at an ever-increasing rate, making it critical that we get the most use out of the airwaves that power them.

As policymakers consider making additional spectrum available to serve the American people, we must build on the demonstrated success of existing shared spectrum models.

For example, the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) provides a case study for the ability of shared spectrum to drive innovation in an incredibly short period of time.  CBRS is a low power, shared-license model that allows the Department of Defense (DoD) to avoid band clearing (and its associated costs) and continue its critical operations while also allowing a wide variety of commercial operators to use spectrum in the same band. Just two years after the completion of its FCC auction, CBRS is being leveraged for a multitude of uses, including smart phones, IoT devices, building management sensors, real-time logistics at transportation hubs, sensors for precision agriculture, and patient monitoring by hospitals.