The FCC Public Safety Bureau took steps leading to transfer...
The FCC Public Safety Bureau took steps leading to transfer of the 700 MHz D-block to the new FirstNet, consistent with rules in the February spectrum law. “We delete the rules granting authority to the Public Safety Broadband License (PSBL)…
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and replace these rules with provisions reflecting the Public Safety Spectrum Act’s directive to license spectrum to FirstNet,” the order said (http://xrl.us/bno7c5). “FirstNet’s Board has been appointed and it is now itself in a position to file a request on its own for the license to which it is entitled under the Public Safety Spectrum Act. Accordingly, we are prepared to take the ministerial step of granting a new license to FirstNet under a new call sign as soon as possible after FirstNet informs the Bureau that it has been established in accordance with the terms of the Public Safety Spectrum Act and submits a request for the license specified by Section 6201 of the Public Safety Spectrum Act.” Public safety officials pushed hard to gain control of the D-block, giving public safety an additional 10 MHz of spectrum for the proposed national first responder network, which was in part funded by the spectrum law. Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank disclosed the members of the FirstNet board last month (CD Aug 21 p1), chaired by longtime telecom executive Samuel Ginn.