Frontline Launches Plan For More First Responder Spectrum

WASHINGTON and GREENSBORO, N.C., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontline Wireless, LLC today announced that it is filing at the FCC a breakthrough proposal meeting Chairman Kevin Martin's call for a market-based approach to providing a national public safety network. To reach these goals, Frontline intends to create an open access, wholesale broadband 4G network serving both public safety users and carriers. Frontline has begun assembling a bidding group for acquiring the necessary spectrum in the upcoming commercial auction of the 700 MHz band.

Frontline's FCC plan provides: (1) Significantly more spectrum for first responders and the ability to use commercial airwaves on a priority basis when needed; (2) Free buildout of a hardened, robust 4G network; (3) Maximum equipment choice with the use of open network standards; (4) Local control for local agency networks; and, (5) Nationwide interoperability among all networks. The plan would not require statutory changes or cause delays to the 700 MHz auction.