FCC approves new 4.9 GHz rules for public safety, with secondary non-public-safety use

FCC commissioners this week unanimously agreed on new rules for 50 MHz of 4.9 GHz spectrum, establishing a nationwide framework with a single band manager but one that is designed to let individual public-safety licensees retain local control over operations in the band, including support of 5G connectivity.

SOURCE: Urgent Communications

DATE: January 20, 2023

Wednesday’s release of 4.9 GHz rules represent the FCC’s latest effort to bolster usage of the band, officially replacing the short-lived 4.9 GHz rules approved by the Republican-controlled FCC in the fall of 2020 that were halted by the current FCC soon after President Joe Biden took office in January 2021.

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