<http://mailchi.mp/ec96f5332908/the-wispa-report-feb-20-2018?e=74051169e3> View this email in your browser <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601/images/e0682c1d-7c20-48cd-bb14-6344068cca40.png> Association E-Newsletter February 20th, 2018 | Issue 3 In This Issue * WISPA Reps Working Overtime to Shape CBRS Rules _____ * CBRS "Big Tent" Letter To The FCC _____ * WISPA Praises Trump's Rural Infrastructure Plan, But Cautions Against Over-Reliance on Federal Subsidies _____ * Recap of CBRS Panel Sponsored by WiFi Forward _____ * ICYMI: Recent News Clips Event Updates <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=440ad7e06d&e=74051169e3> 14-days until WISPAMERICA 2018 <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=1036aeaa6d&e=74051169e3> WISPAMERICA 2018: Exhibitor hall is fully booked <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=1a15c2260d&e=74051169e3> WISPAMERICA 2018: Agenda is almost complete Follow WISPA News <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=9885483dee&e=74051169e3> <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=33ddc2dd6c&e=74051169e3> Facebook <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=347a8ad088&e=74051169e3> <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=5de5695224&e=74051169e3> Twitter <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=bdd65118dd&e=74051169e3> <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=721273dbe5&e=74051169e3> LinkedIn <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=4fd565625f&e=74051169e3> <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=89106822ec&e=74051169e3> YouTube <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=7993b64fa3&e=74051169e3> <https://wispa.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601&id=0395b8cc9f&e=74051169e3> WISPA.org <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601/images/e5cc47eb-f2c8-4df7-994c-65530ebe8fdc.png> <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/6bb46e3df87a39f6e48bfd601/images/4bdc3a86-32e4-4f87-b433-85f57f8591ed.png> WISPA Reps Working Overtime to Shape CBRS Rules In case you hadn’t heard, WISPA is in the midst of its most aggressive advocacy effort ever, working to block the mobile industry’s demands to erect barriers to our sector in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum band (3550-3700 MHz). 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Fitzgerald said the FCC’s current rules in the CBRS spectrum band are "the best path to US global leadership in 5G," whereas the changes proposed by Big Mobile would lead to less investment by GE, its customers, and thousands of innovators. 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