Southern Linc, Cellular South Urge Interoperability Rules for FirstNet
Southern Linc and Cellular South representatives asked the FCC Public Safety Bureau staff to grant Colorado's Boulder Regional Emergency Telephone Service Authority (BRETSA) petitions for declaratory ruling or rulemaking on interoperability on the FirstNet network. The BRETSA request has been…
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controversial (see 1910150038). Grant of the declaratory ruling would be “an important milestone in prompting FirstNet to interoperate with communications systems used by public safety agencies,” the companies said in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 19-254: Approving an NPRM would “begin the process through which the Commission can establish clear interoperability standards for public safety communications systems. Without such standards, deployment of FirstNet across the country will lead to situations in which communications systems are no longer interoperable when they are needed most, especially during natural disasters and emergencies.”