CTIA CTO Tom Sawanobori

CTIA Chief Technology Office Tom Sawanobori sat down with High Tech Forum founder Richard Bennett to discuss the state-of-play in the wireless industry. Click play to learn more about: The need for more spectrum: "Spectrum Pipeline" is one of CTIA's most important initiatives. CTIA has projected about a 6x growth in usage over the next five years -- getting as much spectrum available as quickly as possible, Sawanobori said. Even with the incentive auction coming up next year, and discussions about a new 3.5 GHz paradigm, that won't be enough, he said. "We're working actively to identify additional bands that can be utilized" and "technologies that can be deployed in them."