FirstNet Moving Quickly To Clear 700 MHz Band 14, Authority Tells FCC
FirstNet plans to make certain that Band 14 (758-769/788-799 MHz) is cleared by mid-summer 2017, the leaders of the public safety network told the FCC in a letter posted by the commission Thursday in docket 06-229. The band provides the…
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700 MHz spectrum for the network. In August, the FirstNet board authorized funds for moving some public safety agencies out of the band, the authority said. “With the continued assistance of the Commission and the cooperation of Band 14 public safety incumbents, the relocation assistance grant program will allow Band 14 spectrum to be cleared for the deployment and operation of the [nationwide broadband public safety network], while ensuring that the public safety entities operating communications systems on Band 14 have an appropriate lead time, as well as assistance funds, to facilitate the relocation of their public safety operations.” Federal funds for the clearing are to be released in early 2016 and are expected to pay for frequency coordination, technical assistance and equipment retuning, FirstNet said. “The program performance period will likely extend through July 31, 2017, but FirstNet hopes that all of the Band 14 spectrum will be clear well prior to that date.”