Public safety had no choice but to agree to give...
Public safety had no choice but to agree to give back T-band spectrum (470-512 MHz) to win approval for public safety provisions in recently enacted spectrum legislation, consultant Andrew Seybold said in his newsletter. The spectrum is used on a…
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shared basis with TV broadcasters in 13 major metropolitan areas for first responder communications. Public safety officials now have nine years to move to other spectrum. “The Public Safety community fought hard not to have to give back any spectrum during the negotiations that have taken place over the past two-plus years,” Seybold wrote. “However, at the eleventh hour some members of Congress added the requirement that Public Safety give back some spectrum as a condition to receiving the D Block and funding. The Public Safety community had no choice but to agree to this spectrum giveback for the good of the entire Public Safety community and to ensure that the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband system would have sufficient spectrum and funding.” Seybold is active in public safety issues at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials.