The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau...
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau approved an extension for Texas to operate a 700 MHz public safety broadband network in Harris County (http://bit.ly/19Nwxxm). The state filed a request for renewal of a special temporary authority (STA) on…
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Aug. 15, and the FCC granted the request Tuesday for a 90-day period. The state said further renewal of the STA would permit continued deployment and operation of its network in a timely manner and additional time is needed to conclude its spectrum lease negotiations with FirstNet. The commission decided to okay renewal for 90 days, rather than 180 days requested by the state, because of FirstNet’s recommendation. But the FCC said this doesn’t “foreclose the possibility further extensions may be granted."