4.9 GHz Coalition Slams Proposal for FirstNet Control of Band
Members of the 4.9 GHz Coalition fired back Friday against the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) after asked the FCC to change course on the 4.9 GHz band and issue a single national license to FirstNet (see 2307140036). “There are…
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a number of major licensees and organizations on the record that oppose the PSSA’s approach on the grounds that integrating the 4.9 GHz band within AT&T’s broadband network would be incompatible with current and future non-broadband public safety operations,” said an Enterprise Wireless Alliance news release. The issue was debated in comments to the FCC earlier this year (see 2305160065). “Awarding FirstNet and by association AT&T such monumental responsibilities and spectrum assets would be an epic spectrum management debacle,” said Mark Crosby, EWA spokesperson: “PSSA has repeatedly claimed that they are attempting to save the 4.9 GHz band for public safety. From whom, we ask. The public safety industry doesn’t need to be saved -- except perhaps from PSSA.” The coalition's other members are the American Petroleum Institute, the Forestry Conservation Communications Association, the International Municipal Signal Association, the National Sheriffs’ Association and the Utilities Technology Council.