Michigan Cleared to Share Public Safety Network With DTE
The FCC Public Safety Bureau approved a waiver request from Michigan to share the Michigan Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS), a statewide 800 MHz radio network, with Detroit-based electric utility DTE. “Michigan has shown good cause for a waiver,” said…
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an order. “Michigan has demonstrated that it has adequate spectrum to accommodate the planned sharing" of the network with DTE, the bureau said. “Michigan has also demonstrated that DTE will fund construction of additional infrastructure … to mitigate its impact on the MPSCS network. The shared use will improve the ability of public safety and DTE to communicate with one another and coordinate power restoration in times of emergency.”