A former Federal Emergency Management Agency director asked the FCC...
A former Federal Emergency Management Agency director asked the FCC to put the 700 MHz spectrum up for public auction. The ex-official, James Lee Witt, was joined at a Washington news conference by former Motorola Chief Technology Officer Dennis Roberson,…
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former NTIA Administrator John Kneuer, former APCO President Joe Hanna, Rural Cellular Association President Steven Berry and Public Knowledge Legal Director Harold Feld. The group said a public auction is the most economical, efficient way to create a national broadband network for public safety. Last week, the FCC published its first guidelines for public safety agencies to deploy wireless broadband on the 700 MHz spectrum (CD Dec 10 p6). Witt was speaking at an event organized by a group calling itself Connect Public Safety Now. The rival Public Safety Alliance issued a statement condemning the group as a front for “T-Mobile, Sprint-Nextel and a narrow coalition of well financed business interests.” CPSN’s website lists nine wireless-related companies, including T-Mobile and Sprint as “stakeholders.” The Alliance repeated its position that the D-block should be reallocated to public safety agencies.