To give you a little bit of history on the 900mhz trunk frequencies. The FCC rightly mandated that manufacturers could only license/own one trunking system. This resulted in a backdoor way of Motorola, to get frequencies for their systems. Existing customers applied for licenses, in the thousands for 900mhz frequencies. Motorola said "We will apply for you and pay all up front costs, you just let us use the frequencies and we will pay you for them". I know in the N.Y.C. market, most of Motorola's channels were owned by a dry cleaning company. With the advent of NEXTEL, Motorola's next power move for radio, they just let the agreements with these license holders expire, along with the license's. Near the end, the users on the 900 systems basically got screwed by Motorola, who said"If you want 900 mhz trunking, put it up youself" Hence the abandonment of 900mhz. There were some licenses that were sold to NEXTEL in the N.Y.C. area, but for the most part, that band went back to the FCC for resale at a later date.
|