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Fire Chiefs Push Centralized Approach on 4.9 GHz Band

The Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association urged the FCC to preserve the 4.9 GHz band for public safety, in a filing posted Wednesday in docket 07-100. The filing includes language similar to that in a recent Fraternal Order of Police filing…

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(see 2402120028). “A fragmented, inconsistent approach, allowing varied uses based on location or licensee, has proven ineffective,” the fire chiefs' filing said: “For two decades, this has led to the band's chronic underutilization due to the absence of a unified strategy and economies of scale, stifling both usage and innovation.”