The FCC granted Texas special temporary authority for...
The FCC granted Texas special temporary authority for another 90 days for Harris County to run its 700 MHz public safety broadband network, said the Public Safety Bureau in an order released Monday (http://fcc.us/17UwzX9). FirstNet had concurred in the request,…
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the order said. Texas “notes that significant progress has been made in negotiating a spectrum lease with FirstNet, and that there are ‘very few issues remaining,’ but that additional time is needed to conclude the negotiations,” said the order. “Texas explains that it achieved substantial deployment prior to enactment of the statute, and has brought eleven of its thirteen fixed sites into operation, with RF antennas and backhaul equipment installed at the remaining two."