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The state of Georgia asked the FCC for a waiver...

The state of Georgia asked the FCC for a waiver so it can build a statewide public safety broadband network, ahead of a national network, in the 700 MHz band. The state “has identified public safety interoperable broadband services as…

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a priority and is prepared to seek partners to make the investment necessary to deploy a network as quickly as possible in the 700 MHz public safety broadband spectrum,” Georgia said (http://xrl.us/bmy4ys). “The State envisions the development and build-out of the network through a collaborative effort among both the public and private sector, and through a combination of dedicated public safety and/or privately owned networks.” The state noted it is the home to “the busiest airport in the world,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are located in Atlanta, two nuclear power plants and the Garden City Terminal of the Port of Savannah, which is “North America’s largest single-terminal container facility."