Wireless Bureau OK's Part of SMR Request To Use 450 MHz Frequencies in NY, NJ
The FCC Wireless Bureau granted, in part, Specialized Mobile Relay’s request for authority for new Part 90 private land mobile radio facilities in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. The Utilities Telecom Council had objected. The application sought authorization to…
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operate on frequency pairs 451/456.0375 MHz, 451/456.0750 MHz, 451/456.1 MHz and 451/456.1125 MHz in Brooklyn, Staten Island and Jamaica (Queens), New York, and Edison, New Jersey. Because those are former power radio service frequencies, SMR’s frequency coordinator asked UTC for concurrence, but UTC refused, the bureau said Monday.The bureau agreed with UTC arguments that “some of SMR’s proposed operations would appear to have an unacceptable effect on critical infrastructure industry operations.” The bureau approved the applications, but only for frequency pairs 451/456.075 MHz and 451/456.1 MHz at four locations and for frequencies 456.075 MHz and 456.1 MHz at one location. The other applications were dismissed.