Inside the CBRS Ecosystem

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Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) is the 3550-3700 MHz spectrum band allocated for public use by the FCC. The underlying standards for this three-tiered access system have been developed by the Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum), a multi-stakeholder group. Below is a window into the ecosystem.

CBRS by the Numbers
~420k deployed CBSDs
$4.6 billion bid in CBRS PAL Auction
>350 FCC Approved CBSD models
>5.9k CPIs
>17k PALs

Approved Vendors

• Certified Professional Installer Training Programs: 3
  To meet the FCC Part 96 rules, CPIs must be trained and certified. The Forum's CPI Accreditation Standard provides guidelines for this procedure.
• Root CA Operators: 2
  Subscribers should install all WInnForum authorized CBRS Root CA certificates in their device trust anchor stores to validate received certificates.
  
• WInnForum Accredited Testing and Certification Labs: 21
  To be FCC certified to operate in the CBRS Band, an equipment manufacturer will need to show that their CBSD can communicate with a Spectrum Access System and follow its directives as per Part 96.

The PAL Bidders

• Winners
  Enterprise Users: 15
  Misc: 30
  MSO/MNO/MVNO: 22
  Utilities: 14
  WISPs: 85
  Local Telco: 61
• PALs Purchased
  Enterprise Users: 185
  Misc: 1,242
  MSO/MNO/MVNO: 14,328
  Utilities: 503
  WISPs: 2,013
  Local Telco: 2,323