Wisconsin County Opposes FirstNet Control of 4.9 GHz Band
The FCC shouldn’t give AT&T and FirstNet control of the 4.9 GHz band, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley told the FCC in the latest filing on the contested band. Giving FirstNet control “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 the spectrum they are not using” and “runs counter to a 2023 FCC order and its commitment to locally controlled public safety in the 4.9 GHz band,” said a filing Wednesday in docket 07-100. It would also allow AT&T “to use the band for commercial purposes, which runs counter to the mission of this public safety band,” Crowley said.