Utilities: CBRS opportunities and challenges

NEW DATE: January 21, 2021 | 8 am PDT | 11 am EDT | 4 pm GMT | 5 pm CET

Ten utilities paid over a combined $174M (almost 4% of auction proceeds) to acquire Priority Access Licenses (PALs), the licenses to use CBRS spectrum. Broadband wireless networks could be transformative for their business and spectrum is a critical component that enables this transition.

In this Sparring Partners, Jeff Casey and Bruce Albright, Burns & McDonnell, join Chris Nicoll, Omdia, and Monica Paolini, Senza Fili, to discuss why CBRS licensed spectrum gives utilities the opportunity to use CBRS spectrum for multiple use cases – including enterprise and IoT applications, remote facilities monitoring and control, staff and vehicle connectivity, and new wide-area services to their customers, such as fixed wireless access.