The largest state public power organization in the U.S. received permission from the Federal Communications Commission this week to experiment with private LTE at 900 MHz for use cases ranging from IoT to drone inspections at a hydro-electric power plant.
The New York Power Authority has 16 generation facilities and more than 1,400 circuit miles of transmission lines, according to its FCC special temporary authority application. It received permission to operate one LTE site in Gilboa, NY, covering an area of 6.4 kilometers, and plans to work with 900 MHz license-holder Anterix (previously pdvWireless) to use the Major Trading Area (MTA) channels held by Anterix and interleaved Business and Industrial/Land Transportation channels as well.
