The Land Mobile Radio Service is regulated in the United States by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) in CFR 47 Part 90 for non-federal government wireless use between land-based mobile and fixed stations. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the President's principal adviser on telecommunications policies pertaining to the United States' economic and technological advancement and to regulation of the...

 (NTIA) performs similar functions for federal government spectrum users.

FCC LMR Narrowbanding Mandate

LMR Narrowbanding is the result of an FCC Order issued in December 2004
mandating that all CFR 47 Part 90 business, educational, industrial, public safety, and state and local government VHF (150-174 MHz) and UHF (421-512 MHz) Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR) licensees operating legacy wideband (25 kHz bandwidth) voice or data/SCADA systems to migrate to narrowband (12.5 kHz bandwidth or equivalent) systems by January 1, 2013.

See Also

• Business Radio Service
• Narrowband
  Narrowband
  In radio, narrowband describes a channel in which the bandwidth of the message does not significantly exceed the channel's coherence bandwidth. It is a common misconception that narrowband refers to a channel which occupies only a "small" amount of space on the radio spectrum.The opposite of...
  
  
• Forest Industries Telecommunications
  Forest industries telecommunications
  Forest Industries Telecommunications is a Federal Communications Commission certified frequency coordinator and a non-profit association...
  
  

External links

• FCC: Public Safety Radio Service
• FCC: Industrial/Business Radio Service
• FCC: Private Land Mobile Radio
• Narrowbanding Information, Updates, and Licensee Resources