Mobility Division, WTB

Mobility Division

• 218-219 MHz Service
• 3650-3700 MHz Radio Service
• 220 MHz Service
• 3.5 GHz Band
• 700 MHz Construction Notification Requirements
• 700 MHz Guard Bands
• 800MHz Cellular Service
• Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service
• Amateur Radio Service
• Aviation Radio Services
• Basic Exchange Telephone Radio Service (BETRS)
• Broadband Personal Communications Service (PCS)
• Maritime Mobile Service
• Cellular Service
• Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS)
• Commercial Radio Operator License Program
• Contraband Wireless Devices
• Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Service
• Family Radio Service (FRS)
• General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS)
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
• Industrial / Business
• Lower 700 MHz Service
• Low Power Radio Service (LPRS)
• Maritime Mobile
• Maritime Survivor Locating Devices (MSLDs)
• Medical Device Radiocommunications Service (MedRadio)
• Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS)
• Narrowband Personal Communications Service (PCS)
• Offshore Radiotelephone Service
• Paging
• Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs)
• Personal Radio Services
• Private Land Mobile Paging
• Private Land Mobile Radio Services
• Radio Control Radio Service (RCRS)
• Rural Radiotelephone Service
• Signal Boosters
• Specialized Mobile Radio Service (SMR)
• Wireless Communications Service (WCS)
• Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS)
• License Audits

Wireless Telecommunications

• Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
• Wireless Rules and Regulations
• Wireless Services
• Wireless Support

The Mobility Division is responsible for a cutting-edge portfolio of rulemakings that facilitate rapid, widespread deployment of wireless communications services, promote competition, and set the stage for the next generation of wireless communications in the United States.  The Mobility Division also oversees wireless spectrum licenses used to provide vital connectivity solutions to the American people on land, aboard vessels, and in the air.

The Mobility Division’s policy and rulemaking activities encompass a wide range of spectrum bands used to provide 4G and 5G broadband services to consumers, used by private wireless networks nationwide (including by critical infrastructure), used by maritime and aviation interests for safety in navigation and flight, and used by individuals as part of the personal radio services.  The Division also spearheads projects involving Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Contraband Interdiction Systems, and Offshore spectrum access.  

The Mobility Division is also responsible for authorizing service through a variety of geographic, site-based, and personal spectrum licenses.  Geographic licenses include flexible use spectrum such as 700 MHz, 800 MHz Cellular, the 900 MHz Broadband Segment, PCS, 3.45 GHz, 3.5 GHz, and 3.7 GHz.  Site-based licenses include VHF and UHF private land mobile licenses (including those for critical infrastructure), maritime ship and coast stations, and aviation ground and aircraft stations.  Personal licenses include the Amateur Radio Service and GMRS.  In this light, the division oversees spectrum coordinators such as the certified land mobile frequency coordinators (Part 90) and Spectrum Access Systems (Part 96).  Via the Bureau’s Universal Licensing System, the Division acts on hundreds of thousands of licensing-related requests each year and conducts license audits to efficiently and effectively manage the wireless radio spectrum.