The American #FCC is accepting public comment on a proposal that would license the 902-928 MHz band to a private company (NextNav Inc) for use in terrestrial location tracking as a commercial alternative to free #GPS, GLONASS, & Galileo satellite positioning systems. The company already operates in the 920-928 MHz band.

This will significantly interfere with #LoRaWAN IOT devices and could have dire consequences for #decentralized communication networks such as #Meshtastic.

NextNav intends to deprive the public of these unlicensed frequencies and build a nationwide monopoly on PNT infrastructure in the 902-928 MHz band. (https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10416238018537/1)

This is not only harmful to the #opensource and #openhardware community, it is a gross misappropriation of the public's precious radio frequencies to further the goals of a monopolistic for-profit corporation.

(https://meshtastic.org/blog/meshtastic-opposition-to-nextnav-proposed-changes/ )

Initial comments were due by September 5th. "reply comments" (comments that support the concerns expressed in other comments) are due by September 20th. You can make a comment here: (https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express?proceeding%5Bname%5D=24-240). You can view all public comments here: (https://tinyurl.com/FCC-24-240)