Critical Infrastructure Coalition Lobbies Against Proposal for 900 MHz Band
The Critical Infrastructure Coalition, in a series of meetings at the FCC, explained members' opposition to the proposal by the Enterprise Wireless Alliance and pdvWireless to realign the 900 MHz band, said a filing in RM-11738. “PDV has not…
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demonstrated that it would be able to relocate incumbent users efficiently, risking a prolonged disruption period,” the coalition said. The company also hasn't released a detailed migration plan, the group said. “Certain markets lack the spectrum to accommodate the proposed migration, and there would be no room for future expansion,” the coalition said. “PDV has not addressed the relocation of large systems, simply stating that a majority of systems will be able to migrate.” Coalition members at the meetings included Alliant Energy, Duke Energy, Edison Electric Institute, Eversource Energy, Harris, Lower Colorado River Authority, NextEra Energy, Peco Energy, Salt River Project, Sempra Energy, Sensus USA, Southern Co., United Water and West View Water Authority. They met with Commissioner Mike O’Rielly and aides to the other commissioners. EWA and PDV asked the FCC launch a rulemaking on whether to realign the 896-901/935-940 MHz band to create a private enterprise broadband allocation (see 1501010002). They said in an earlier filing the proposal addresses an unmet need. Commercial networks “do not offer the reliability, redundancy, hardening, security, priority access, and, in some instances, coverage needed for their mission-critical applications,” they said in a January filing.