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4.9 GHz Public Safety Band - Competing Views on Use Topic of In Focus White Paper From CRS
April 01, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12766) on March 28, 2025, by specialist telecommunications policy Jill C. Gallagher:

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4.9 GHz Public Safety Band: Competing Views on Use

During the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, public safety agencies could not communicate with one another because of the high volume of calls that overwhelmed radio systems and the lack of interoperabilit . . .

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