CBRS Alliance Celebrates One Year of OnGo™ Commercial Availability

Industry Showcases Steady Growth of OnGo Services in 3.5 GHz CBRS Band, Including Mobile Broadband, Fixed Wireless, And Private LTE Implementations

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The CBRS Alliance, an industry organization focused on driving the development, commercialization, and adoption of OnGo™ shared spectrum solutions, celebrates the first anniversary of OnGo connectivity in the 3.5 GHz CBRS Band, recognizing strong momentum in 4G LTE deployments and the development of 5G standards. Impressive industry participation in the recent Priority Access Licenses (PAL) auction, an important milestone toward reaching the full potential of the spectrum sharing model, further demonstrated the growing market demand for OnGo deployments.

On September 16, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in coordination with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Defense (DoD), approved the start of OnGo commercialization, a historic milestone that marked the opening of key U.S. mid-band spectrum for exciting new wireless services. Over the past 12 months, tens of thousands of CBRS devices were deployed to satisfy an impressive range of indoor and outdoor use cases, including mobile broadband, fixed wireless access, and enterprise private LTE networks. As of Sept. 1, 2020, there are over 100 FCC-authorized end-user devices and over 35 OnGo certified devices.

CBRS Alliance membership nearly quadrupled since the inaugural meeting in April 2017 and now includes more than 175 active member companies who recognize the value that shared spectrum technology brings to enterprises and consumers alike. Increasingly, membership not only includes network operators, WISPs, device manufacturers, and other solution providers, but also end user organizations, such as the University of New Mexico, further showcasing the breadth and depth of the ever-growing OnGo ecosystem.

The recently-completed PAL auction generated over $4.5 billion with the participation of 271 qualified organizations. The auction offered up to seven licenses in each county, for a total of 22,631 nationwide – the largest number of spectrum licenses ever made available for bidding in a single auction. The auction, and now post-auction submissions of FCC Form 601, are the final components towards fully engaging the innovative three-tier shared spectrum model in the CBRS band, unleashing billions in value with new wireless services.

“We are pleased with the robust, diverse, and rapidly expanding ecosystem that has formed and the amazing pace of commercial deployments and interest in OnGo to-date,” said Dave Wright, president of the CBRS Alliance. “Looking ahead over the next six to 12 months, we anticipate OnGo private LTE initiatives to gain steam, in addition to a steady growth in fixed wireless, mobile operator, and cable deployments, as organizations harness the CBRS band to address business-critical applications and use cases, in industries as such healthcare, education, manufacturing, and others. The CBRS Alliance will continue to educate the market about the benefits of OnGo solutions and highlight its opportunities to enhance new and existing enterprise networks.”

About OnGo™

OnGo™ is uncompromised connectivity. An innovative approach to maximizing mobile broadband, OnGo is a technology that puts the power of wireless networks into the hands of those that rely on them to empower and expand business opportunities. OnGo presents nearly limitless options for enhanced customizability and allows users to tailor networks to a specific set of needs, such as Private LTE, neutral host and Industrial IoT applications, while providing investment protection as the first mid-band solution for 5G. OnGo Certified is a recognized seal of approval that indicates a product’s ability to meet a high set of quality, interoperability and security standards when tested by an independent, OnGo-Authorized test laboratory. Both the OnGo brand and the OnGo Certification Program are managed and maintained by the CBRS Alliance.

About the CBRS Alliance

The CBRS Alliance believes that 4G and 5G solutions in the CBRS band, utilizing shared spectrum, can enable both in-building and outdoor coverage and capacity expansion at massive scale. In order to maximize the CBRS band’s full potential, the CBRS Alliance aims to enable a robust ecosystem towards making OnGo solutions available. The mission of the CBRS Alliance is to evangelize 4G and 5G OnGo technology, use cases and business opportunities while simultaneously driving technology developments necessary to fulfill the mission, including multi-operator capabilities. The Alliance also established an effective product certification program for OnGo equipment in the U.S. 3.5 GHz band ensuring multi-vendor interoperability. For more information, please visit www.cbrsalliance.org and follow the CBRS Alliance on LinkedIn and Twitter.