One example of a new spectrum sharing opportunity that doesn’t require long term government action is to combine current spectrum licenses to form more seamless connectivity. For example, there is a proposal before the FCC now that suggests combining radio waves meant for both satellite and ground-based communications to create more robust networks. While this proposal is still under review by the FCC, combining licenses offers operators an immediate opportunity to more spectrum and provides a faster path to higher bandwidth and expanded coverage.

Ligado Networks on Monday implored the FCC to let it move ahead with a plan to utilize its mid-band spectrum increase mobile network capacity and support the roll out of 5G services. The company’s proposal calls on the FCC to approve the terrestrial deployment of Ligado’s 40 MHz of mid-band spectrum in the 1500 MHz...