communications daily: Group Forms to Propose Path Forward on 4.9 GHz Band

November 17, 2023

Major carriers, except for AT&T, and other groups created a group, the Coalition for Emergency Response and Critical Infrastructure (CERCI), to advocate for the future of the 4.9 GHz band, the topic of a January order and Further NPRM from the FCC (see 2301180062). The group opposes giving control of the band to AT&T and FirstNet, it said in a Thursday filing in docket 07-100. CERCI favors a licensing approach where “public-safety licensees would engage in lease arrangements directly with non-public-safety entities and the Band Manager would coordinate and approve the leases.”…