For Turku, Finland-based Fairspectrum, the 3.5GHz CBRS band in the US represents an opportunity to bring its expertise in dynamic spectrum access to a bigger market. The company, which also has offices in London and Boston, filed an application with the FCC a few years ago to become a spectrum access system (SAS) provider for the CBRS band.
It s still waiting for an answer.
Fairspectrum isn t alone. It is one of a handful of companies that are part of a second wave of SAS providers. These companies have filed paperwork with the FCC to become SAS providers but are waiting for FCC approval to move to the next step and submit their SAS solutions for lab testing with the NTIA and the Department of Defense.