Wednesday, July 28, 2010


 (7/27/10)
By Sandra Wendelken
Although public safety has made significant gains in its fight for additional 700 MHz broadband spectrum, some lawmakers are asking questions about public safety’s spectrum allocations for narrowband voice and how efficiently it’s being used.

Two pieces of legislation, one only in draft form, address public-safety’s use of narrowband spectrum. Sens. Joseph Lieberman and John McCain’s First Responders Protection Act calls for an FCC report to determine whether public-safety agencies could “end their use of land mobile radio spectrum below 512 MHz” three years after the law is enacted.  …


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