Federated Wireless Blog

Kurt Schaubach

Our Award-Winning Technology

Last month, we were pleased to learn that our Spectrum Access System (SAS) and Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) platform, CINQ XP, was selected as a finalist in this year’s Fierce Innovation Awards: Telecom Edition in the Spectrum Efficiency category. We are even more excited to announce that we won! The Fierce Innovation Awards: Telecom Edition...

December 7, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

NEW Whitepaper - Shared Spectrum Market Opportunity for Mobile Network Operators

Mark Lowenstein from Mobile Ecosystem recently took the time to outline the Shared Spectrum market opportunity for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). The resulting whitepaper outlines how MNOs will benefit from the spectrum sharing market. Revenue enhancement. Either directly through traditional service plans, or indirectly, with more data staying “on-net.” Speed of deployment. Incentive auctions, like...

November 29, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

RCR Wireless Carrier Wrap – The Advantages and Challenges of Shared Spectrum

I recently had the privilege of discussing the advantages and challenges of spectrum sharing on RCRWireless’ Carrier Wrap. Spectrum, a highly valued essential resource for wireless communications, is finite and in high demand due to the exponential increase in wireless mobile data traffic. Federated Wireless stands today at the forefront of the wireless industry revolutionizing...

November 10, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

CINQ XP Honored for Spectrum Efficiency

We’re pleased to share that Federated Wireless has been selected as a finalist in this year’s Fierce Innovation Awards: Telecom Edition, a carrier-reviewed awards program from the publisher of FierceWireless, FierceTelecom and FierceCable. CINQ XP, our Spectrum Access System (SAS) and Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) platform, was recognized as a finalist in the Spectrum Efficiency...

November 3, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

A Federated Wireless Superhero

Federated Wireless is proud to promote our outstanding team’s advanced expertise and leadership in the industry. As further proof, one of our Senior System Engineers Mo Ghorbanzadeh recently published a textbook about cellular service solutions. Add this to the growing list of team accomplishments, which includes: 250 technical papers published 100 patents held 28 advanced...

October 25, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

Federated Wireless Begins Trials to Prove Value of Shared Spectrum

As a recent article points out, Federated Wireless has begun trials with several partners with its Spectrum Access System (SAS) within the FCC’s 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) band. We continue to see interest from both traditional and non-traditional operators to test within the band. Our main goals with these trials are: 1)...

September 28, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

From Our CEO: What the Sharing Economy Means for the Wireless Industry

Wireless Week featured Federated Wireless’ CEO Iyad Tarazi in their CTIA Super Mobility Show Daily where he provided insight on how the sharing economy is extending beyond couch surfing and ridesharing into the wireless industry, specifically through shared spectrum.Below is an excerpt from the article. “Many industries are being transformed by the concept of shared...

September 20, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

FCC’s Allocation of High-Band Spectrum to Enable 5G Supports Shared Spectrum Model

On July 14, the FCC adopted new rules for wireless broadband operations in mm-Wave bands (high frequencies above 24 GHz) making the United States the first country in the world to make this spectrum available for next generation “5G” wireless services.  5G will leverage much smaller cell sizes than 4G LTE, enabling data throughput at...

August 15, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

Spectrum a Key Theme for Mobile for the Rest of 2016

The latest Lowenstein’s View on FierceWireless reviewed some of the key happenings in the mobile industry so far this year and what can be expected in the rest of 2016. Among Mark’s key themes was spectrum, particularly the opportunity we’ve helped to create in 3.5 GHz band. “Keep an eye out in the ‘unlicensed’ world,...

July 20, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

First Commercial Announcements Demonstrate Demand for Shared Spectrum

Federated Wireless has signed two significant partners to it’s CINQ XP platform, which includes it’s Spectrum Access System (SAS) and Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC), before the solution has been certified. In the first shared spectrum commercial announcements, both made this month, Siemens and Telrad Networks will be using CINQ XP and partnering with us to further...

June 29, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

WInnForum’s Standards for Spectrum Sharing are Another Step in the Right Direction

Last month, the Wireless Innovation Forum released “Requirements for Commercial operation in the U.S. 3550-3700 MHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service Band” to ensure properly functioning spectrum sharing in the band. Specifically, the report defines the necessary operation and standard interfaces between the equipment that will facilitate spectrum sharing in the band, including Spectrum Access Systems...

June 16, 2016

Kurt Schaubach

Shared Spectrum Advancement Marks Major Milestone in Wireless History

The wireless industry just achieved a major milestone, but these events have gone relatively unnoticed. On April 28, the FCC finalized its rules for the Citizens’ Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) opening 150 MHz of spectrum for shared use by commercial entities in the 3.5 GHz band and ushering in what is perhaps the most significant...

May 26, 2016