For Immediate Release

March 16, 2026

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Washington, D.C. – Spectrum for the Future welcomed a new report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission — the bipartisan congressional body charged with assessing national security implications of the U.S.-China relationship — confirming that innovative spectrum sharing models like CBRS represent a key American advantage over the tightly constrained spectrum model in China.

“This report lays bare the reality of China’s spectrum model: centralized control under a single ministry, spectrum funneled to a handful of state-controlled carriers, and a labor-intensive, manually coordinated approach to sharing that the report’s own authors identify as a limitation,” said Dave Wright, Policy Director for Spectrum for the Future. “Critically, the report recommends that the United States increase funding for next generation dynamic spectrum allocation, spectrum sharing, and cognitive radio technologies — areas where CBRS is uniquely advancing the state of the art. Instead of being tightly controlled by three national companies, CBRS has unleashed a wave of innovation by over 1,000 different operators. At a time when Big Cellular (or some of the largest wireless conglomerates) are lobbying to dismantle dynamic sharing and concentrate spectrum in fewer hands, a congressional national security commission is telling policymakers to move in exactly the opposite direction.”

Spectrum for the Future will continue to work with policymakers to protect and expand the dynamic sharing frameworks that keep the United States ahead of its global competitors.