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FCC Chairman Carr Announces Vote to Expand 900 MHz Broadband to 10 MHz
Adoption of the New Rules Will “Maximize the Potential of the 900 MHz Band”WOODLAND PARK, N.J., Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Anterix (NASDAQ: ATEX), the nation’s leading connectivity partner for utilities, shared that in a blog released today entitled “Good Governance,” Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr announced that “the Commission will vote on an order that maximizes the potential of the 900 MHz band by enabling broadband deployment across all ten megahertz of
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