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Facebook policy overview: HAPs, sharing and using spectrum above 95 GHz

Facebook may no longer be planning to build its own high altitude battery-powered gliders, but it remains committed to HAPS and this is the main theme of its WRC-19 lobbying. The HAPs strategy is part of the company's drive to connect the developing world and this commitment also motivates their efforts to expand spectrum sharing and access a wider range of bands. Read the full Research Note

Facebook may no longer be planning to build its own high altitude battery-powered gliders, but it remains committed to HAPS and this is the main theme of its WRC-19 lobbying. The HAPs strategy is part of the company’s drive to connect the developing world and this commitment also motivates their efforts to expand spectrum sharing and access a wider range of bands.

Read the full Research Note

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