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[/img]Public safety agencies in the US have been pushing for some time
to have the so-called 'D Block' portion of the 700MHz wireless
spectrum all to themselves, and it looks like they can now officially
count on the support of the White House in that effort. The Obama
administration announced today that it's backing plans to reserve the
airwaves -- estimated to be worth $3 billion if they were auctioned
off -- for a new national public safety network, and it also plans to
ask Congress to approve the additional spending needed to actually
build out the network, which the FCC estimates could cost as much as
$15 billion. As The Wall Street Journal notes, the fate of the
proposed network is now largely in the hands of House Republicans, who
remain divided on the plan -- although some key members have come out
in support of it in recent days.
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