SNG Request for 900 MHz Waiver Rejected by FCC
The FCC Wireless Bureau Monday denied a request for a waiver by Spectrum Networks Group (SNG) so subsidiary M2M Spectrum Networks can offer a third-party service providing machine-to-machine communications using 900 MHz Business/Industrial/Land Transportation channels. When the bureau sought comment…
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last summer, the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA), Motorola Solutions and the Utilities Telecom Council raised concerns, (see 1408130033). SNG responded, arguing that “the record provides clear evidence that M2M is able and ready to deploy its network with dispatch.” SNG’s applications request a total of more than 2,000 channels in approximately 150 of the 186 basic economic areas, "including the last remaining 900 MHz B/ILT channels in most of the top-ten markets where channels are still available," the bureau said. "It also intends to seek additional 900 MHz B/ILT channels after it satisfies the loading requirements on its initial channels. Grant of the waiver request could thus have a significant effect on the nature of the 900 MHz B/ILT band. We are reluctant to grant waiver requests that effectively circumvent the Commission’s rulemaking function."