Public Safety Spectrum Trust Chairman Harlin McEwen said Tuesday night’s...
Public Safety Spectrum Trust Chairman Harlin McEwen said Tuesday night’s order on 700 MHz public safety waivers appears to move the FCC in the right direction (CD Bulletin July 31). “The commission’s order is helpful in resolving a number of…
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pending questions from the waiver recipients and waiver applicants,” he said Wednesday. “It appears the commission has attempted to more closely align the previous FCC orders relative to a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network with the Public Safety Spectrum Act. The commission has revised some of their previous actions to acknowledge the new law and to clarify the commission’s position. While it terminates the previous waivers and waiver applications it also provides a path forward for those waiver entities who, prior to passage of the Spectrum Act, had progressed significantly in the implementation of their systems and that can demonstrate they will not be an impediment to the actions of the FirstNet to implement a nationwide network.” The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials “supports the Commission’s order addressing limited deployment of public safety broadband networks as being generally consistent with APCO’s initial comments in this proceeding,” President Gregory Riddle said in a written statement.