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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES FOR THE SIXTH FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON THE 4.9 GHZ BAND AND CONSOLIDATES DOCKET NUMBERS FOR ALL FUTURE 4.9 GHz BAND MATTERS

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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES FOR THE SIXTH FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON THE 4.9 GHZ BAND AND CONSOLIDATES DOCKET NUMBERS FOR ALL FUTURE 4.9 GHz BAND MATTERS WP Docket No. 07-100, PS Docket No. 06-229, WT Docket No. 06-150 Comments Due: July 6, 2018 Reply Comments
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IMPROVING WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS AND COMMUNITY-INITIATED ALERTING LIMITED WAIVER OF WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT RULES

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Adopted: May 1, 2018 Released: May 1, 2018 By the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau: 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 Alert (WEA) rules to permit Participating Commercial Mobile Service
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LOCATION-BASED ROUTING FOR WIRELESS 911 CALLS

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Adopted: May 2, 2018 Released: May 2, 2018 By the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau: 1. By this Order, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) grants the Joint Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply Comments (Joint Motion) submitted by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), the National Association of
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AMENDMENT OF PART 90 OF THE COMMISSION’S RULES

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I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Commission has allocated and designated 50 megahertz of spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band (4940-4990 MHz) to public safety. Although nearly 90,000 public safety entities are eligible under our rules to obtain licenses in the band, there were only 2,442 licenses in use in 2012 and only 3,174 licenses in use
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Location-Based Routing For Wireless 911 Calls

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I. INTRODUCTION 1. This Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeks to determine the best way to avoid delay in the response to some wireless 911 calls that results from the manner in which such calls are routed in the current 911 system. When someone seeking aid initiates a wireless 911 call, the expectation is that the
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