U.S. Chamber Coalition Letter on NextNav Petition
Earlier this year, NextNav filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the FCC seeking an innovative spectrum solution in the lower 900 MHz band, which spans from 902-928 MHz. NextNav, which develops next generation positioning, navigation, timing (“PNT”), and 3D geolocation technology, requested 15 MHz of low-band spectrum for use by mobile broadband networks and new rules to enable PNT to complement and backup the Global Positioning System (“GPS”). NextNav argues that the new band plan would alleviate concerns with jamming and spoofing events targeting GPS and open the lower 900 MHz portion of spectrum to 5G services. ENTELEC, along with 70 other organizations, signed a letter filed with the FCC by the US Chamber of Commerce that opposed the Petition and urged the Commission to preserve the lower 900 MHz band and protect unlicensed Part 15 devices from interference.
