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Article: FCC airs Cyren Call proposal; Controversial measure would take 700 MHz out of commercial play.
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- RCR Wireless News
- Article date:
- November 6, 2006
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Byline: JEFFREY SILVA
The debate is officially on. And the clock is ticking.
Six months after receiving Cyren Call Communications Inc.'s plan for a public-safety wireless broadband network the private sector would build and share with first responders, the Federal Communications Commission is now asking for public comment on the controversial initiative. The plan, which pushes for additional public-safety spectrum, has attracted support from police, firefighters and medics, and has prompted the wireless industry to offer a number of alternatives.
"Over the last six months, we have traveled around the country seeking support for the principles ...