Group Makes Legal Case Against FirstNet Control of 4.9 GHz Band
Representatives of the Coalition for Emergency Response and Critical Infrastructure (CERCI) raised legal concerns with staff from the FCC Office of General Counsel about the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance's support for giving the FirstNet Authority (FNA) control of the 4.9…
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GHz band (see 2401190067). “The legal merits of the PSSA’s plan are not a close call,” a filing posted Wednesday in docket 07-100 said. The FCC “clearly lacks authority to assign" the FNA the 4.9 GHz band and the FNA “clearly lacks authority to receive it,” CERCI said.