Is exclusive spectrum access a hindrance to long-term development of telecom industry?
Operators spend billions on gaining exclusive access to spectrum assets needed to meet current and future consumer bandwidth demands. But, as the capacity crunch persists, service providers are investing in technologies designed to maximize spectral efficiency while bringing new frequencies into play.
At a glance, carrier aggregation has given way to License Assisted Access, wherein licensed frequencies can be joined with unlicensed frequencies to essentially create a bigger data pipe.
