AT&T wrestles with FCC over use of 3.5 GHz spectrum

AT&T has warned the FCC that reducing the license areas in the 3.5 GHz band would negatively impact the industry’s ability to rollout out next-gen networks.
In a filing with infrastructure provider CommScope, AT&T argued to cover the border areas of smaller census tracts, licensees would have to limit their power and deploy more cell sites that would actually be needed. The result would be much denser networks of less powerful sites, which would increase deployment and maintenance