Often called the goldilocks of spectrum, 5G midband spectrum delivers better coverage than high-band and higher speeds than low-band. It is widely accepted that the United States has been comparatively slow in freeing up midband spectrum for use by service providers, and that even with C-band and CBRS deployments underway, more is still needed. Tejas Rao, managing director at Accenture, gave RCR Wireless News deeper insight into why exactly that might be, and why 5G marks a shift how network roll out progress should be evaluated.