The FCC should freeze for six months the...
The FCC should freeze for six months the grant of new licenses for business communications in the 900 MHz band while industry develops a 900 MHz Private Land Mobile Broadband (PLM BB) plan, said the American Petroleum Institute, Enterprise Wireless…
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Alliance and Utilities Telecom Council in a petition filed at the FCC. The groups proposed that 5x5 MHz of 900 MHz Industrial/Business spectrum be reallocated, with 2x2 MHz dedicated to existing Land-Mobile Radio systems and 3x3 MHz to support private LTE networks. “As the Commission is aware, access to spectrum capable of meeting these members’ internal broadband communications requirements is essential if they are to continue supporting America’s economic growth, expanded employment, public well-being, the delivery of critical goods and services, security, and workforce safety,” the groups said (http://bit.ly/1kVBSb1). The freeze would only affect applicants that don’t already have a license in a particular market, they said. “Under this approach, current 900 MHz licensees would be permitted to expand geographic coverage or channel capacity to serve ongoing business communication requirements while the PLM BB plan is more fully defined. New applicants, however, would be prohibited."