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D Block Support Growing!
H.R. 5081 – the first bill to reallocate the D Block to public safety, sponsored by Rep. Peter King (NY), now has 69 bi-partisan co-sponsors.
Senate Bill 3625 (McCain/Lieberman) and the proposed Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, sponsored by Senator Rockefeller, all have provisions to transfer the D Block to public safety.
The senate bills provide public safety with up to $5.5B for capital expenditures and $5.5B for operating expenses, depending upon the auction results, to deploy public safety broadband through an auction of spectrum other than the D Block (1.7 and 2.1 GHz). Congress will only be meeting for a few more weeks before the 2010 elections and your Congressional representatives need to know that the reallocation of the D Block is vitally important to the vast majority of public safety communications professionals. Every state, county, local government or other Part 90 licensee should contact their Congressional representatives and weigh in on the D Block issue.
D Block Technical
LTE Support for Mission-Critical Voice for Public Safety (courtesy Andrew Seybold) - June 19, 2011
December 2011 D Block News
- December 22, 2011 - D Block Update: Status of Public Safety Spectrum Legislation
November 2011 D Block News
- November 28, 2011 - USCM Letter in Support of Waxman-Eshoo Bill
October 2011 D Block News
September 2011 D Block News
- September 1, 2011 - 9/11 Commission's Report Card Supports Allocation of D Block to Public Safety
August 2011 D Block News
- August 25, 2011 - Mother Nature and Nuclear Reactors Prove Powerful Allies for Communications Advocates (courtesy Aliya Sternstein, nextgov )
July 2011 D Block News
- July 27, 2011 - Public-Safety, FCC Officials Debate PLMN IDs (courtesy Radio Resource Mag)
- July 18, 2011 - NPSTC Urges House to Make Public Safety a Priority by Reallocating the D Block and Providing Funding for Broadband Network as is Proposed in Senate Bill S.911.
- July 15, 2011 - Chief Moore Gives D Block Testimony to the House Commerce Committee
- July 12, 2011 - Dingell, Green Introduce Companion to Senate D-Block Reallocation Bill (courtesy Paul Kirby, TR Daily)
June 2011 D Block News
- June 17, 2011 - Biden Expresses Optimism That D-Block Bill Will Pass Congress (courtesy Paul Kirby, TR Daily)
- June 15, 2011 - White House to Hold Public Safety Meeting (courtesy Paul Kirby, TR Daily)
- June 14, 2011 - Let's Give First Responders Tools Needed to Save Lives - Senate Bill Would Create Communications System (courtesy U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, Houston Chronicle)
- June 10, 2011 - NTIA Urges FCC to Adopt "Minimal Rules" on Deployment of Public Safety Network (courtesy Paul Kirby, TR Daily)
- June 8, 2011 - Senate Commerce Committee Passed D Block Legislation This Morning
- June 8, 2011 - Rockefeller Bill as Amended Out of Committee
May 2011 D Block News
- May 25, 2011 - House hearing on D block
- May 23, 2011 - Lieberman-McCain Bill to Transfer D Block to Public Safety Re-introduced in Senate
- May 13, 2011 - Rockefeller, Schumer, Gillibrand, Klobuchar, Boxer to Call for Swift Passage of Public Safety Bill
- May 13, 2011 - Rockefeller Expresses Optimism that D-Block Bill Will Pass
(courtesy Paul Kirby, TR Daily)
April 2011 D Block News
- April 11, 2011 - JNEMSLC Submits These Comments in Response to FCC's Fourth FNPRM, released January 26, 2011
- April 11, 2011 - LightSquared Submits These Comments in Response to FCC's Third R&O and Fourth FNPRM
- April 11, 2011 - NPSTC Submits These Comments in Response to FCC's Fourth FNPRM, released January 26, 2011
- April 11, 2011 - PSST Submits These Comments in Response to FCC's Fourth FNPRM, released January 26, 2011
- April 11, 2011 - SCANA Submits These Comments in Response to FCC's Fourth FNPRM, released January 26, 2011
- April 8, 2011 - Maryland Submits These Comments in Response to FCC's Third R&O and Fourth FNPRM
- April 8, 2011 - Northrop Grumman Submits These Comments in Response to FCC's Fourth FNPRM, released January 26, 2011
- April 8, 2011 - Virginia STARS Submits These Comments in Response to FCC's Third R&O and Fourth FNPRM
March 2011 D Block News
- March 2, 2011 – Public Safety or Commercial Use? A Cost/Benefit Framework for the D Block
February 2011 D Block News
- February 16, 2011 – Senators Worried About Cost of Public Safety Broadband Network
(courtesy Paul Kirby)
January 2011 D Block News
- January 26, 2011 – FCC Takes Action to Advance Nationwide Broadband Communications for America's First Responders
– Order - January 26, 2011 – Canadian Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Meet Today in Toronto to Discuss Emergency Management Priorities
- January 25, 2011 – Obama Administration Endorses Reallocation of 700 MHz D Block
(courtesy Paul Kirby) - January 25, 2011 – Rockefeller Bill Would Force D-Block Reallocation, Provide Funding
(courtesy Paul Kirby) - January 6, 2011 – D-Block Bills Expected to be Introduced Soon
(courtesy Paul Kirby)
December 2010 D Block News
- December 15, 2010 – Connect Public Safety Now Is NOT Your Friend
(courtesy Andrew Seybold – Public Safety Advocate) - December 14, 2010 – Connect Public Safety Now (CPSN) Speaks to Media (courtesy Charles V. Bryson)
November 2010 D Block News
- November 5, 2010 – T-Mobile Continues to Assert Public Safety Does Not Need D Block
October 2010 D Block News
- October 26, 2010 – FCC Paper Proves Need for D Block Reallocation
(courtesy Andrew Seybold – Public Safety Advocate)
September 2010 D Block News
- September 30, 2010 – T-Mobile Meets with PSHSB and FCC T-Mobile holds 4 separate meetings with PSHSB and FCC, and files Ex Parte Notice on proposed D Block allocation, referencing recent white paper.
- September 23, 2010 – Senate Committee Hearing - Keeping Us Safe - The Need for a Nationwide Public Safety Network
- September 11, 2010 – A Busy Few Weeks – Seybold Speaks Out on T-Mobile Whitepaper (courtesy Andrew M. Seybold)
- September 9, 2010 – Why Don't Cops Use Cell Phones? (courtesy Bill Schrier, Bill Schrier Blog)
- September 6, 2010 – 9 Years After 9/11, Public Safety Radio Not Ready
(courtesy Edward Wyatt, NYTimes.com)
- September 1, 2010 – Public Safety Broadband Vendor/Carrier Forum – U.S. Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C.
- September 1, 2010 – Public Safety Broadband Applications and IP-Based Solutions Meeting – U.S. Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, D.C.
August 2010 D Block News
- August 31, 2010 – Public Safety Needs the 700 MHz D Block for an Effective Nationwide Public Safety Wireless Broadband Network by Harlin McEwen
- August 29, 2010 – Fire Service Issues Broadband Call to Action!
– For additional information, you can also visit the
Public Safety Alliance (PSA) website. - August 25, 2010 – Multiagency Use of 700 MHz Network is Gathering Steam (courtesy Donny Jackson, FireChief.com)
- August 25, 2010 – T-Mobile-Commissioned White Paper Offers Case for D-Block Reauction (courtesy Paul Kirby, TR Daily)
- August 24, 2010 – And the Battle Continues – Ex Parte Notices Filed by T-Mobile, the German Telephone Company
- August 23, 2010 – National Forum on Public Safety Broadband Needs – Hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), along with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Commerce, was held in Washington, D.C., August 19-20, 2010.
- August 23, 2010 – D Block Reallocation Makes Long-Term Sense (courtesy Donny Jackson, FireChief.com)
- August 23, 2010 – Cell-Sector Capacity Key to Public-Safety Broadband (courtesy Donny Jackson, FireChief.com)
- August 23, 2010 – Andrew Seybold Speaks Out – What Are the Feds Up to Now?
- August 9, 2010 – Prince George County Files Ex Parte Expressing Concerns Over Possible Changes to 700 MHz Band Plan
- August 9, 2010 – The State of Minnesota Joins List of Licensees Filing Ex Parte Notices Supporting Reallocation of D Block
- August 6, 2010 – State of Pennsylvania Files Ex Parte Endorsing D Block Reallocation
- August 5, 2010 – Thomas Version of the Rockefeller Bill
(Please read in particular Sections 103-104 on 700 MHz flexibility)
- August 4, 2010 – Rockefeller Bill Would Force D Block Reallocation, Provide Funding
- August 2, 2010 – Newport News Police Department Files Ex Parte Endorsing D Block Reallocation
July 2010 D Block News
- July 29, 2010 – State of Ohio, Ohio SIEC, and Region 33 Files Important Ex Parte Notices with the Commission
- July 27, 2010 – Obama Administration Says FCC Should Hold Off on D Block Auction (courtesy Paul Kirby, TR Daily)
- July 23, 2010 – State of Maryland Files Ex Parte Supporting Delaware's Ex Parte to Reallocate D Block
- July 23, 2010 – There Are Now 57 Co-Sponsors of H.R. 5081!
- July 23, 2010 – APCO and Other Public Safety Organizations Continue to Make Case for D Block Transfer
- July 23, 2010 – Letter to the FCC from City of Houston Reflects Need for D Block and 700 MHz Narrowband Frequencies
- July 21, 2010 – Senators Lieberman and McCain Introduce Legislation in the U.S. Senate to Reallocate D Block to Public Safety
- July 21, 2010 – NPSTC Praises Senator Jay Rockefeller for Support of Public Safety Spectrum
- July 21, 2010 – Governors from New York, Nevada, Oregon, Iowa, Illinois and Maryland Send Letter to Senate Signalling Support of D Block Transfer
- July 15, 2010 – State of Delaware Files Ex Parte Supporting Need for D Block and 700 MHz Narrowband Frequencies
- July 8, 2010 – FierceGovernmentIT.com Commentary on FCC Whitepaper by David Perera
- July 2, 2010 – House of Cards – FCC's Capacity White Paper – Built on Assumptions and Conjecture (courtesy Public Safety Alliance (PSA), a project of APCO Intl)
- July 2, 2010 – Motorola Also Files Ex Parte Disagreeing with FCC D Block Analysis
- July 1, 2010 – NPSTC Files Ex Parte Urging FCC to Rely on Real World Experience in D Block Decisions
June 2010 D Block News
- June 25, 2010 – Public Safety Reacts to FCC Findings, FCC 'Not Listening'; White Paper Finds Public Safety Only Needs 10 MHz
- June 21, 2010 – Spectrum Policy in the Age of Broadband: Issues for Congress (courtesy Linda K. Moore, Specialist in Telecommunications Policy, Congressional Research Service)
– Report (D Block discussion begins on page 7) - June 16, 2010 – D Block Joint EMS Associations Send Letters to Congress
- June 16, 2010 – Public Safety Community Unconvinced by New FCC Report (courtesy Joan Engebretson, Connected Planet Online)
- June 16, 2010 – Andrew Seybold Comments on FCC Capacity Whitepaper (courtesy www.AndrewSeybold.com)
- June 15, 2010 – FCC Releases Controversial Capacity Study Paper
- June 14, 2010 – Mixed Reactions to House Discussion Draft on PS Broadband Network (Waxman)
- June 14, 2010 – US Conference of Mayors Adopts D Block Resolution (courtesy US Conference of Mayors)
– USCoM Ad
February 2010 D Block News
- February 23, 2010 – City of New York Releases 700 MHz Broadband Public Safety Applications and Spectrum Requirements Whitepaper
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