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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO 700 MHZ NARROWBAND STATE LICENSEES REGARDING FINAL SUBSTANTIAL SERVICE BENCHMARK SHOWING DUE ON JUNE 13, 2019

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DA 19-331 Released: April 25, 2019 PS Docket Nos. 15-91, 15-94 By this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) provides guidance to licensees of state channels in the 700 MHz public safety narrowband spectrum (769-775/799- 805 MHz), regarding their upcoming final substantial service benchmark showing. Licensees of state channels must demonstrate
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU AND WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCE THE AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL SPRINT VACATED CHANNELS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF EXPANSION BAND AND GUARD BAND CHANNELS IN CERTAIN NPSPAC REGIONS

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DA 19-330 Released: April 25, 2019 WT Docket No. 02-55 I. INTRODUCTION By this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (collectively the Bureaus) announce the dates and procedures for submitting applications in the 800 MHz band for Expansion Band and Guard Band channels, and the channels in
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800 MHz Guard Band Petition for Rulemaking

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The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) filed a Petition for Rulemaking last week requesting the Commission designate the 800 MHz Guard Band (816-817/861-862 MHz) as “green space” to relocate Business/Industrial (B/ILT) incumbents operating on T-Band channels (470-512 MHz) and certain 900 MHz narrowband channels (896-901/935-940 MHz). The 800 MHz Guard Band is intended to be used
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Improving Wireless Emergency Alerts and Community-Initiated Alerting

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I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Order, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants a limited waiver of the Commission’s Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) rules to permit Participating Commercial Mobile Service (CMS) Providers to participate in an end-to-end test of WEA to be conducted by the City of
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FCC MAKES PROPOSAL TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS LOCATE 911 CALLERS IN MULTI-STORY BUILDINGS.

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PS Docket No. 07-114 WASHINGTON, March 15, 2019—The Federal Communications Commission today proposed to help first responders more accurately locate people who make wireless 911 calls from multistory buildings. The proposal would assist 911 call centers in identifying the floor level where the 911 call occurred, which can reduce emergency response times and ultimately save
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