Exactly, no new licenses, and mods within already licensed specs permitted. I did the same thing prior to the bill signing, the FCC was happy to take my $460.00 to add P-25 TRBO and NXDN, but not coverage area changes, they were not permitted. I kick myself for not extending my coverage as others had before this all happened.
NYPD and NYC have considerable clout when it comes to Congress who controls the FCC. NYC sent a boat load of lawyers down to Congress after 911 to get the entire TV channel 17 (6mhz), and they got it. I am hoping that this will all be retracted and as a worst case scenario allow all existing users to continue until they move on their own or fail to renew. This was the case with some of the what was going to be VHF Maritime frequencies in 1968. Any other action or cancelling licenses for business will be a precedent and a dangerous one in my opinion.
Also where are you going to put them, 700 not really, 450-460 probably not as there is no room and you would have to kick other users off ( same issue) to give the T-Band users the exclusivity they had on T-Band.
What additional technologies are not already available today? P-25 Phase I is a waste, it is no more efficient than N.B. analog. TRBO was lucky to get approved as it is a quasi Ultra N.B. just like P-25 Phase II ( which is no longer mandated), NXDN I have played with, but as with all the digital formats I am not impressed with the audio qualities. I would love to try TETRA, but there is little chance of that.
As far as the radio manufacturers go they have been put on notice to NOT sell anything that is not truly compliant to P-25 ( including E buttons) or it won't be funded with Federal monies and most locals won't pay for updated systems themselves.