If there’s one truth about the WiFi technology scene this year, as it relates to the network operators who provide it, it’s that coverage is as (or more) important than speeds. ARRIS’s JR Flesch kicks off this two-paper session to shine the light on CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service), a 150-MHz wide swath of shared spectrum in the 3.55-3.7 GHz band. Tricked out as a home cell, CBRS, and its IoT-focused sister, LoRA, hold potential as ways to buttress existing in-home WiFi hot spots for emerging CBRS-capable smart radios and NB-IOT devices. Next, Technicolor’s Rajat Ghai examines the CBRS band as a path for HFC-based operators to deploy their own LTE network -- without weighty investments into licensed spectrum. CBRS as a fixed wireless access technology could serve as a way to cover rural areas with broadband; it could also hold its own as a private LTE network, to beef up in-building wireless coverage.