New Mexico Gets Additional Time To Build Out 700 MHz System
The FCC Public Safety Bureau approved a waiver allowing New Mexico to build out its public safety network using 700 MHz state channels under call sign WPTZ778, despite missing a filing deadline. FCC rules require states to certify by June…
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13, 2014, that they were providing or were prepared to provide substantial service to one-third of their population or territory. “New Mexico claims it missed the filing deadline because of a ‘management gap’ created by the departure of an employee responsible for managing call sign WPTZ778,” the bureau said Monday. “New Mexico also states that it is aggressively working to formulate a state-wide land mobile radio modernization plan in which the 700 MHz public safety band will play a key role.” The bureau said because the state now has the required equipment and is prepared to install it, granting a waiver “would not frustrate the underlying purpose of the rule.”