Public Safety Broadband Waiver Order

FCC Grants Conditional Approval of 21 Petitions by Cities, Counties and States to Build Interoperable Broadband Networks for America’s First Responders.
News Release: Word / Acrobat
Order: Word / Acrobat

The FCC has granted conditional approval of 21 petitions filed by cities, counties and states that sought waivers to move forward with the construction of regional or statewide interoperable wireless broadband networks in the 700 MHz public safety broadband spectrum. The Commission required these broadband networks to be deployed under a common interoperability framework in coordination with the FCC’s Emergency Response Interoperability Center (ERIC). This common framework will ensure that all networks being deployed are technically compatible and fully interoperable.

Waivers Conditionally Granted (Petitioner and Date Filed)
City of Boston: 12/11/08; amended 5/28/09
City and County of San Francisco, City of Oakland, City of San Jose, CA: 3/24/09; amended 5/27/09
State of New Jersey: 4/3/09
City of New York: 6/8/09
City of San Antonio, TX, on behalf of the San Antonio Urban Area Security Initiative Region: 7/10/09
City of Chesapeake, VA: 7/8/09
State of New Mexico: 7/10/09
City of Charlotte, NC: 8/4/09
State of New York: 6/30/09
District of Columbia: 6/26/09
County of Maui, County of Hawaii, County of Kauai, City and County of Honolulu, and the State of Hawaii: 8/19/09
City of Seattle, WA: 1/15/10
Adams County, CO Communications Center: 12/10/09
City of Pembroke Pines, FL: 11/18/09
Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS); 11/16/09
Iowa Statewide Interop. Comms. System Bd.: 10/15/09
Calumet, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties, WI: 3/10/10
Mississippi Wireless Communications Commission: 3/23/10
City of Mesa, AZ and the TOPAZ Regional Wireless Cooperative :4/14/10
State of Oregon: 4/30/10
State of Alabama: 5/10/10

FCC-10-79A1.doc