FirstNet Authority Asks FCC for 4.9 GHz Band Access
FirstNet Authority officials urged that the FCC make the 4.9 GHz band available as part of FirstNet during a meeting with aides to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. NTIA made an ex parte filing on the meeting, on behalf of the…
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authority, posted on Tuesday in docket 07-100. The band's future has been hotly contested (see 2403150054). “The FirstNet Authority is in a position to leverage the 4.9 GHz band for the benefit of public safety by using it to provide enhanced and innovative broadband communications services and capabilities to first responders on a nationwide basis,” the authority said: Use of the spectrum as part of the FirstNet network “would be for public safety on a primary basis and should be governed under the FirstNet program’s statutory framework.” The authority said it would protect existing incumbent operations in the band.