FCC Releases Text of 4.9 GHz FNPRM
The text of an FCC Further NPRM on the 4.9 GHz public safety band clarifies that the regulator still hopes to find an alternative that would keep the band open for public safety agencies. “Our goal is to ensure that…
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public safety continues to have priority in the band while opening up the band to additional uses that will facilitate increased usage, including more prominent mobile use, and encourage a more robust market for equipment and greater innovation, while protecting primary users from harmful interference,” the FNPRM stated. “With an appropriate sharing mechanism in place ... our proposed approach will promote more opportunistic use of the 4.9 GHz band without compromising the integrity and security of public safety operations.” Commissioners approved the FNPRM Thursday (see 1803220037).