Article: O'Brien Sends FCC A 'Cyren Call' For Public-Safety Action.

A new venture headed by wireless industry veteran and Nextel co-founder Morgan O'Brien is backing the creation of a nationwide, seamless, next- generation network for improved public-safety communications.

In a filing earlier today to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), O'Brien's new Cyren Call Communications Corp., urged the agency to establish a "Public Safety Broadband Trust" to hold the license for a key segment of spectrum in the 700 MHz band. The commission also is being asked to structure "innovative arrangements" for its use, thus placing public-safety needs first but requiring commercial usage secondarily.

"This spectrum ...

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