[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-811]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 90

[PS Docket No. 06-229; DA 10-2342]


Requests for Waiver of Various Petitioners To Allow the 
Establishment of 700 MHz Interoperable Public Safety Wireless Broadband 
Networks

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; waiver.

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SUMMARY: In this order, on recommendation of the Emergency Response 
Interoperability Center (ERIC), the Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau (Bureau) approved an initial set of technical requirements for 
public safety jurisdictions (Petitioners) that were granted conditional 
waivers by the Commission for early deployment in the 700 MHz public 
safety broadband spectrum. The order grants Petitioners that previously 
declined to file an interoperability showing a renewed opportunity to 
do so and to proceed with network deployment.

DATES: Effective December 10, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Manner, Federal 
Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 
445 12th Street, SW., Room 7-C761, Washington, DC 20554. Telephone: 
(202) 418-3619, e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1379767d7d7a7576613d7e727d7d7661537570703d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0cac5cecec9c6c5d28ecdc1cecec5d2e0c6c3c38ec7cfd6">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The initial set of technical 
interoperability requirements approved in the order creates a baseline 
technical interoperability framework for Petitioners' actual deployment 
of public safety broadband networks in advance of the Commission's 
adoption of final technical and operational rules for a nationwide 
interoperable public safety broadband network. The requirements 
approved in the order are essential to achieving nationwide 
interoperability among early-deployed public safety broadband networks. 
These requirements address core aspects of interoperability, such as 
roaming capabilities and system identifiers, that are crucial to 
ensuring that the users of disparate networks are capable of 
communicating seamlessly. Also included are requirements that early-
deployed networks meet performance, coverage, and other requirements 
necessary to ensure that early-deployed networks achieve a baseline of 
operability sufficient to support interoperable communications.
    Any Petitioner that previously filed an interoperability showing 
detailing its plans for achieving interoperability, or that in the 
future files, pursuant to the order, a showing that is subsequently 
acted on by the Bureau, may proceed with build-out and operation of its 
network upon submission to ERIC of a certification that its deployment 
will satisfy each of the requirements approved in the order.

Federal Communications Commission.
Jennifer A. Manner,
Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2011-811 Filed 1-13-11; 8:45 am]
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