Article: FCC COMMISSIONER COPPS ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING IMPLEMENTING NATIONWIDE, BROADBAND, INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK IN 700 MHZ BAND

The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement:

COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS

Re: Service Rules for the 698-746, 747-762 and 777-792 MHz Bands, WT Docket No. 06-150; Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band, PS Docket No. 06-229.

In the seven years since 9/11, three years since Hurricane Katrina, and one year since we began the most recent auction of the 700 MHz spectrum band, we have learned two hard and disappointing lessons. First, that America desperately needs to improve the communications tools available to its heroic first responders. And, second, that achieving this task is not going to be easy.

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