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700 MHz Commercial and Public Safety Spectrum
SERVICE RULES
c. Public Safety Spectrum
The FCC changed the final public safety allocation from its original proposal by: 1) eliminating a proposed wideband block; 2) consolidating the narrowband spectrum into one block of 12 MHz of paired spectrum at the upper end of the allocation; 3) creating a broadband block of 10 MHz of paired spectrum at the lower end of the allocation; and 4) inserting an internal guard band consisting of 2 MHz of paired spectrum between the broadband and narrowband blocks.
The final 700 MHz public safety spectrum band plan is as follows:
Revised 700 MHz Band Plan For Public Safety Services
Under the FCC's rules, the public safety broadband block will be licensed to a single nationwide entity that will act as the Public Safety Broadband Licensee. The Public Safety Broadband Licensee is to be a non-profit organization with an eleven member board of directors consisting of representatives from nine public safety and governmental organizations identified by the FCC as well as two representatives from the FCC. No commercial interest may hold or manage the Public Safety Broadband Licensee.
II. OPEN PLATFORM REQUIREMENT
Upper 700 MHz C Block licensees are required to allow customers, device manufacturers, third-party application developers, and others to use or develop the devices and applications of their choosing for use over the C Block networks, subject to applicable regulatory and network management requirements. Note that this requirement only applies to the Upper 700 MHz C Block licenses. The FCC rules specifically prohibit the Upper 700 MHz Block C licensee from:
