Public safety communications users should be aware of the fact that each
state in the USA has a deadline of June 13, 2014 to provide or be prepared to
provide substantial 700 MHz service to at least one-third of the population of
the state. Those that do not comply could lose frequencies assigned for
the development of a statewide 700 MHz system.
And, it gets more interesting! By 2019, at least two-thirds of the
population must be served. We think
this should be of interest to smaller rural counties. Obviously, the state will focus on the big population centers
first, but we feel that aggressive smaller counties are in an excellent
position to request funding for single site 700 MHz repeaters. This could be a win-win situation for the
state, your county, and first responders that travel outside their home
area. An article providing more
information on this subject is available by clicking here. If you would like our thoughts on wide area
interoperability, click here.
