Twelve of the 13 associations taking part in a National Public Sa...
Twelve of the 13 associations taking part in a National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) Governing Board meeting Tuesday opposed reallocating the 700 MHz D- block to commercial use, as proposed by the National Emergency Number Association. Only NENA…
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dissented. “NPSTC does not support the proposal to reallocate the 10 MHz of public safety 700 MHz broadband block to commercial use, as it would give back scarce public safety spectrum,” the group said. “Doing so would also undermine progress made during recent meetings among numerous major public safety organizations to further address matters related to the development of a nationwide interoperable broadband network.” The group said NENA should “abandon the promotion of its proposal to remove current spectrum from public safety and instead … support current efforts by the majority of the national public safety organizations that would increase spectrum for public safety.” NENA CEO Brian Fontes told us the vote played out as expected. “They are opposed to two of the elements in the NENA proposal,” he said. “They oppose the notion that we still believe that an auction is a viable approach, and they oppose the fact that we would consider exchanging 10 MHz of public safety spectrum for something of equal or greater value, meaning access to a 20 MHz broadband network. It’s just an example of reasonable minds differ[ing].”