NPSTC's report on the infeasibility of the federally legislated mandate requiring the FCC to auction UHF T-Band spectrum (470-512 MHz) by 2021 estimates the total cost for all Public Safety agencies in the 11 major metropolitan areas that use the spectrum at $5.9 billion.
T-Band is used in Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Oakland/San Francisco. According to NPSTC, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia lack adequate replacement spectrum in any band to relocate T-Band users, and the remaining three areas have very limited available spectrum.
In addition to the lack of spectrum and the fact that projected auction revenue is much less than the $5.9 billion estimated cost to relocate, the governance of shared existing T-band networks, which include several regionally interoperable, complicates the issue further. Two such areas are the Boston Area Police Emergency Radio Network (BAPERN) and the Los Angeles Regional Interoperability Sytem (LA-RICS).
FirstNet board member agrees with NPSTC's conclusion that losing the T-Band would be infeasible for Public Safety. Read more, including his interview, at Urgent Communications.
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