---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 90.616"
title: "47"
number: "90.616"
heading: "896-897.5/935-936.5 MHz and 900.5-901/939.5-940 MHz narrowband segments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/90.616"
---

# §90.616. 896-897.5/935-936.5 MHz and 900.5-901/939.5-940 MHz narrowband segments.

- (a) In a transitioned market, the narrowband segments of realigned 900 MHz spectrum (i.e., the 896-897.5/935-936.5 MHz and 900.5-901/939.5-940 MHz bands (Paired channels 1-119 and 361-399 as specified in [§ 90.613](/cfr/47/90.613.md))) are designated for the following entities:
  - (1) Applicants eligible in the Industrial/Business Pool of subpart C of this part;
  - (2) Business/Industrial/Land Transportation Pool and Specialized Mobile Radio licensees authorized as of September 13, 2018, for continuing operations; and
  - (3) Business/Industrial/Land Transportation Pool and Specialized Mobile Radio licensees authorized as of September 13, 2018, for relocation to the 900 MHz narrowband segments from the 3/3 900 MHz broadband segment pursuant to [part 27](/cfr/47/part27.md), [subpart P](/cfr/47/subpartP.md), of this chapter.
- (b) Applications for new authorizations will only be accepted from applicants specified in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section.
- (c) Table 1 to [§ 90.616(c)](#c) indicates the channels available in transitioned markets to the entities set forth in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section. These frequencies are available in transitioned markets in non-border areas and the U.S./Mexico border area. For multi-channel systems, channels may be grouped vertically or horizontally as they appear in the following table.
- (d) Table 2 to [§ 90.616(d)](#d) indicates the channels available in transitioned markets to the entities set forth in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, available for use in the U.S./Canada border area.
- (e) Table 3 to [§ 90.616(e)](#e) indicates additional channels available in transitioned markets to the entities set forth in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, available for use in the U.S./Canada border area. The channels listed in Table 3 are available for assignment in Regions 1-6 if the maximum power flux density (PFD) of the station's transmitted signal does not exceed the limits specified in tables 29 and 30 of [§ 90.619](/cfr/47/90.619.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 43139, July 15, 2020, as amended at 91 FR 15913, Mar. 31, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 303(g), 303(r), 332(c)(7), 1401-1473

### Source

Source: 43 FR 54791, Nov. 22, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 43139, July 15, 2020, as amended at 91 FR 15913, Mar. 31, 2026]