Motorola Solutions Asks FCC to Lift 900 MHz Freeze
Motorola Solutions asked the FCC to lift its 2018 900 MHz band freeze, countering arguments by Anterix that the freeze should be maintained. Anterix had a proposal before the agency asking it to authorize 5/5 MHz broadband deployments in the band (see 2405210041). The freeze “no longer serves its intended purpose,” Motorola Solutions said in a filing posted Monday in docket 24-99. “The freeze also imposes significant burdens on the maintenance and expansion of narrowband networks used to power critical emergency and public safety communications and deters new investment in narrowband technologies.”
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Anterix noted in a recent filing that the FCC “has historically frozen bands during a technology transition to preserve a stable landscape and prevent speculative entrants.” But Anterix also offered to work with other companies that want to use the band.