FCC Should Reject NextNav's Plan to Seize the Lower 900 MHz Band

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SpecTech Alliance: FCC Should Reject NextNav's Plan to 

Seize the Lower 900 MHz Band

Broad opposition warns NextNav’s plan will raise costs for consumers and jeopardize lifesaving public safety services

WASHINGTON, D.C. — September 16, 2026 — Today, a broad coalition of American industries launched the SpecTech Alliance to protect an array of consumer, industrial, and governmental services currently under threat from wide scale interference. The Alliance formed in opposition to NextNav, Inc.'s petition to upend the Lower 900 MHz Band (902–928 MHz) and to protect billions of dollars in investment. The newly formed alliance—comprised of leading organizations in the trucking and logistics, retail, aviation, aerospace, security, consumer electronics, critical infrastructure, and technology sectors—warns that NextNav's proposal would burden American consumers and businesses with billions of dollars in unnecessary costs, disrupt critical operations, impact safety, and threaten a multitude of devices and technologies that millions of Americans rely on every day.

After multiple rounds of public comment and more than 18 months of technical and economic review, opposition to NextNav’s petition before the FCC is near-unanimous. The vast majority of the more than 2,000 comments filed in the record urge the FCC to deny NextNav’s petition. The opposition is backed by independent testing, economic studies, and warnings from major nationwide public safety organizations that NextNav’s proposal would place first responders and the public at risk.

Airlines, aerospace, trucking, retail, tolling, security, utilities, healthcare logistics, oil and gas, consumer technology, agriculture, and public safety all rely on the Lower 900 MHz Band to serve consumers, support government operations, and deliver innovative new products and services. This band has served these industries reliably for more than 30 years under the current FCC rules. With the record complete and the financial and public safety costs clear, the SpecTech Alliance is calling on the FCC to protect Americans and deny NextNav's petition. 

About the SpecTech Alliance: The Alliance membership includes Airlines for America, American Trucking Associations, Connected Devices for America Coalition, Consumer Technology Association, National Retail Federation, RAIN Alliance, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and Security Industry Association.

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