Federated Wireless Blog

Iyad Tarazi

What It Means To Invest In The Future Of Wireless

Behind every great leader is a dedicated team of hardworking individuals and, if you’re lucky like us, great investors. Through the help of investors we are able to fulfill our mission to unlock a spectrum of possibilities and continue to lead the wireless industry through the shared spectrum revolution. A year and a half following...

December 14, 2017

Kurt Schaubach

Promoting Investment In Shared Spectrum

Last week marked another milestone in the progress towards CBRS commercialization. Keeping their public commitment to move quickly on resolving final rule changes, the FCC proposed revisions to its rules in the 3.5 GHz CBRS Band.  The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Promoting Investment in the 3550 – 3700 MHz Band, seeks industry comment on...

October 30, 2017

Iyad Tarazi

Mobile World Congress Americas: Shared Spectrum Is Here & Now

It’s undeniable. Shared spectrum is here, and market development is moving faster than ever before. How do we know? Not only are we on the front lines of the CBRS industry, but progress was made clear at this year’s Mobile World Congress Americas. In September, 21,000 people came together for the inaugural MWCA in San...

September 18, 2017

Iyad Tarazi

Great Things Are Happening at Federated Wireless…

You may have seen the news this morning – our announcement of the commercial availability of our Spectrum Controller and the closing of a $42M Series B round of funding, including strategic investments from key wireless industry ecosystem participants. This news is the result of lots of hard work from our team, determination and a great...

September 14, 2017

Iyad Tarazi

Shared Spectrum Indistinguishable From Magic?

We certainly believe so. It seems another prominent voice in the industry think so, as well. On August 1, more than 180 people came together to discuss the present and future of shared spectrum at the latest CBRS Alliance Members Meeting. Much like April’s meeting, market momentum was the topic of conversation and demos were...

August 9, 2017

Iyad Tarazi

Sitting Down With Senza Fili

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Monica Paolini, the founder and president of Senza Fili Consulting, a firm that provides analysis and advice on wireless technologies and services. Monica always has an interesting perspective, and I enjoyed discussing the unprecedented momentum we’re both seeing around CBRS shared spectrum. As Monica probed me...

July 19, 2017

Kurt Schaubach

The Technology Behind Spectrum Sharing: The Spectrum Controller

Today I want to focus on the cognitive engine that is the foundation of the CBRS shared spectrum architecture: the spectrum controller.  Many of you are familiar with the management function of a controller in a network.  For example, a Wireless LAN controller dynamically directs and regulates traffic in a carrier Wi-Fi network, and can...

July 6, 2017

Kurt Schaubach

NTIA Nominee Redl Affirms Commitment to Spectrum Sharing

It was a genuine pleasure to listen to David Redl’s recent Senate testimony in support of his nomination as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA).  In the NTIA’s role as principal adviser to the President on telecommunications policies, they are responsible for managing federal government...

June 29, 2017

Iyad Tarazi

Shared Spectrum Coming To A Rural Area Near You?

What are you reading this on? Your smartphone? Tablet? PC? TV? We live in an on-demand world, one where we can access virtually anything, anywhere and anytime. We expect instant delivery of everything, from voice and data on our mobile phones on carrier networks, to web access on our tablets via Wi-Fi, and even radio...

June 27, 2017

Iyad Tarazi

The New Wireless Frontier for Cable: Shared Spectrum

In a recent post by our CTO Kurt Schaubach, we discussed the state of the shared spectrum market and collaboration among companies to drive the 3.5 GHz shared band forward. It’s clear that significant progress is being made, and while there’s been a lot of talk around the impact on mobile operators, there’s a new...

May 30, 2017

Kurt Schaubach

Meeting Of The Minds Moves Market Forward

There’s been a lot in the news lately around momentum for the 3.5 GHz shared band. Having just returned from a CBRS Alliance members meeting in Denver where this was the main topic of conversation, I can tell you, momentum for shared spectrum is already very strong and is building rapidly. Last week, our team...

April 27, 2017