The FCC is focused on issues of FirstNet...
The FCC is focused on issues of FirstNet and 700 MHz spectrum, FCC Public Safety Bureau Deputy Chief David Furth said at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials meeting in Anaheim, Calif. Several issues have been “percolating” around the FCC’s…
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700 MHz narrowbanding push, including discussions of “even eliminating” that 2016 narrowbanding deadline, he said. The FCC released an NPRM earlier this year proposing to “overhaul” and update the rules on that, he said. “What is the long-term relationship going to be between narrowband and broadband?” Furth asked. “There is going to be an evolution toward broadband.” He wants spectrum policies to accommodate that shift, he said: “At the time that broadband becomes capable of supporting mission-critical voice … the 700 MHz narrowband spectrum could be used for that.” The 2016 deadline is “not so far away now” and is “a time-sensitive issue,” Furth said, expressing desire “to bring that rulemaking home and adopt a new set of rules for the 700 MHz spectrum.”