EWA Seeks 800 MHz Guard Band Spectrum for Displaced Incumbents
The Enterprise Wireless Alliance filed a petition for rulemaking requesting that the FCC designate 800 MHz guard band spectrum as “green space” for incumbent business/industrial and land transportation (B/ILT) licensees that may be required to vacate T-Band spectrum “and for…
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certain 900 MHz incumbents whose narrowband systems may need to be moved to replacement frequencies as part of a transition to create a 900 MHz broadband opportunity.” EWA announced the petition Thursday in a news release. “B/ILT T-Band incumbents deserve recognition of their plight,” said EWA President Mark Crosby. “For whatever reason, the Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act did not even recognize their presence in the band, which places their wireless investments and operations at future peril. B/ILT licensees do not deserve to be an afterthought.”