GTI releases 2.3GHz spectrum industry joint statement

As 5G accelerates globalization, it will unlock unlimited possibilities and bring more colorful services and applications. Therefore, GTI jointly released the "2.3GHz Band Industry Statement" with a number of operators and industry partners.

Statement text:

With the large-scale commercial use of 5G networks, TDD spectrum can not only effectively meet the demand for network capacity, but also greatly improve user experience. The 2.3GHz band has a low frequency, large bandwidth, and independent networking capabilities. It is already the most widely deployed TDD 4G/LTE band by mobile network operators and will become a key resource for 5G/NR. It is the core mid-band spectrum of TDD spectrum. Therefore, we advocate:

1. Jointly promote the accelerated release of TDD 2.3GHz spectrum (2300 MHz -2400 MHz) with TDD continuous large bandwidth up to 100 MHz, reduce the deployment cost per bit, and improve cross-generation user experience;

2. Some countries or regions have restrictions on the use of 2.3GHz. We call on the industry to jointly promote solutions to network coexistence issues to make spectrum availability more and more strong;

3. Jointly promote the terminal industry chain to generally support the NR 2.3GHz frequency band in 2022, better support EN-DC/carrier aggregation/super uplink, etc.; promote the terminal industry chain to support more TDD NR 2.3GHz frequency band related features, and continuously improve user experience, such as SRS 1T2R, 2T4R antenna rotation and 80 MHz~100 MHz carrier bandwidth;

4. Promote efficient use of TDD spectrum and accelerate commercialization by global operators.