Media Contact: 
Tina Pelkey, (202) 418-0536
tina.pelkey@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
CHAIRMAN PAI STATEMENT ON NTIA SPECTRUM STUDY 
ANNOUNCEMENT
WASHINGTON, February 26, 2018—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit 
Pai released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration’s announcement it has selected the 3450-
3550 MHz band, currently used for federal purposes, for a detailed feasibility study that could 
lead to repurposing this band for commercial wireless services: 
“NTIA’s announcement that it will examine whether the 3450-3550 MHz spectrum band can 
be used for commercial next-generation wireless services is great news.  The Commission, 
working together with NTIA, has already made the 3.5 GHz band available for wireless 
services and we recently initiated a process to consider whether all or parts of the adjacent 
satellite spectrum can also be made available.  Altogether, this could unleash a contiguous 
block of hundreds of megahertz of valuable spectrum for new technologies and services, 
including 5G.  
“The United States is moving swiftly to make spectrum available so that the private sector can 
develop the applications and services that consumers and businesses demand.  We are fully 
committed to collaborating with NTIA to ensure that the U.S. continues to lead the world in 
advanced wireless technologies as we chart the course to our 5G future.”
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Office of Chairman Ajit Pai: (202) 418-2000
Twitter: @AjitPaiFCC
www.fcc.gov/leadership/ajit-pai
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order 
constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).