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Study Questions NextNav Proposal for PNT

The International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association filed a study at the FCC questioning a NextNav proposal to use the lower 900 MHz band to provide positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) as a GPS alternative. The study -- done by…

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Harold Furchtgott-Roth, an economist and former FCC commissioner -- found that granting the NextNav proposal would force current lower 900 MHz band operations to “suffer interference and relocate into a narrower frequency range" within the band, "relocate to a spectrum band outside the Lower 900 MHz band or discontinue operations altogether.” It was posted Wednesday in docket 24-240.