For the ever-increasing percentage of the population too young to get the reference in the headline?  It’s a gentle alteration of the opening to a very old Superman show.  Yes, Youngsters, people used to watch pre-timed television.  In black-and-white, even.

One of Superman’s powers is the ability to fly.  So the retro-analogy is apt for our futuristic  digital wireless networks: They fly-in ever-increasing amounts of everything to everyone.  Including, should you wish, seamless streaming of the old Superman show.

Why the Superman analogy?  Because, thankfully, on July 22 the Donald Trump Administration will have an auction of 160 megahertz-worth of C-Band wireless spectrum:

“The rules that the FCC votes on next month will effectively harmonize wireless operations across the lower and upper C-band to create what Carr called a ‘super band’ that spans 440 megahertz of spectrum between the lower C-band (3.7-3.98 GHz) and now the upper C-band (3.98-4.14 GHz).”

The Superband.  That Superband will greatly assist with the increased expansion of our wireless networks.  And with it the entire economy.  In 2025, around 5% of North American Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was value from wireless activity.  That was $1.6 trillion. (more…)