NextNav Opponents Raises Concerns With FCC Staff
Representatives of groups concerned with NextNav’s proposal for the FCC to reconfigure the 902-928 MHz band to enable a “terrestrial complement” to GPS for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services met with Wireless Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology staff. The filing was by the RAIN Alliance, LoRa Alliance, Wi-Fi Alliance, Wi-SUN Alliance and Z-Wave Alliance, which earlier questioned a NextNav study on potential interference (see 2504280045).
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NextNav’s coexistence analyses “fail to consider interference from existing Part 15 operations in the 900 MHz band to its proposed 5G network,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 25-110. “This omission raises serious questions about whether NextNav’s proposed 5G network will be able to perform its alleged key function -- the provision of reliable and complementary PNT service.”