2 Cities Oppose FirstNet Control of 4.9 GHz Band
Milwaukee and Lima, Ohio, opposed giving FirstNet and AT&T control of the 4.9 GHz band in the latest filings on the hotly contested spectrum (see 2406040018). The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance's proposal “would strip today’s 4.9 GHz public safety licensees’…
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right to expand their systems by forcing incumbent licensees to surrender spectrum they are not using,” Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson (D) said: “It would move the band to AT&T’s FirstNet network, which runs counter to a 2023 FCC order and its commitment to locally controlled public safety in the 4.9 GHz band.” Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith (D) warned the city “may lose rights to access the band and the vital resiliency it provides for emergency communications.”