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Telecommunications Law
Telecommunications Law
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WIRELESS DEPLOYMENT:
700 MHZ Broadband Broadband/Narrowband;
800 MHz Rebanding; RF Radiation Safeguards
PRESENTED BY
James R. Hobson
Of Counsel
IMLA 2013 Annual Conference
Telecommunications & Franchise Section Workshop
Sunday, September 29, 2013
© 2013 International Municipal Lawyers Association. This is an informational educational report
distributed by the International Municipal Lawyers Association during its 2013 Annual
Conference, held September 29 – October 2, in San Francisco, CA. IMLA assumes no responsibility
for the policies or positions in the report or for the presentation of its contents.
Telecommunications Law
700 MHz Broadband
• Single national public safety license: FCC, 2007;
Congress, 2012 (P.L. 112-96, Title VI)
• Chief concern: interoperability
• FirstNet established within NTIA/DOC
 To lease spectrum to state/regional operators
 Under FCC-created interoperability standards
 Using existing facilities and commercial
partnerships where possible
• As of mid-August, 2 leases; others likely soon
Telecommunications Law
700 MHz Broadband (cont’d)
• Large tasks remaining:
 Choice of system architecture
 Evaluating RFP responses
 Selecting core and access network contractors
 Completion of FirstNet staffing
• Bill D’Agostino, Jr., General Manager
• T J Kennedy, Deputy GM
• Edward Parkinson, Government Affairs Director
• Randolph Lyon, Chief Financial Officer
Telecommunications Law
700 MHz Broadband (cont’d)
• Contentious issues:
 Charges by Board Member Paul Fitzgerald
 States’ choice: opt-in or not?
 Fate of BTOP grants pre-dating FirstNet
 FCC’s role as regulator of FirstNet
• Spectrum auction and financial uncertainties
• System “apps” – new liabilities?
Telecommunications Law
700 MHz Narrowband
• 2016 deadline to reduce channel widths
• Destination for T-Band evacuees
• Who pays for move of “old” narrowband to
“new?”
• Narrowband voice and broadband data
incompatible, for now
Telecommunications Law
800 MHz rebanding
• Ten years ago, Nextel offered to pay for spectrum
shuffle that would segregate public safety
channels from commercial uses – in exchange for
10 MHz of spectrum.
• Aim was to eliminate or mitigate interference
between incompatible architectures
• Process was to be finished in 2008, but treaty
negotiations with Canada and Mexico – plus
unexpected complexities – caused delay.
Telecommunications Law
800 MHz rebanding (cont’d)
• Licensees and Nextel have differed over
“reasonable” moving expense and “comparability”
of rebanded systems.
• While interior and Canadian border are nearly
finished, Mexican border just beginning.
• Nextel hopes to avoid protracted negotiations by
offering fixed prices per radio.
• And by reducing the expense documentation now
required to close out contracts.
Telecommunications Law
RF radiation safeguards
• Wireless communication is essential to modern
fire, police and emergency medical services
• But some scientists, and many citizens, are
concerned that the sheer ubiquity of wireless
technology is harming us in ways not fully
understood
• Under NEPA, the FCC for nearly 30 years has
regulated transmitter emissions on the basis of
their potential to overheat human tissues
Telecommunications Law
RF radiation safeguards (cont’d)
• Recently, the FCC opened an inquiry into the
thermal basis for existing rules
• And asked how they could be better enforced
• Initial comments are due September 3rd, replies
November 1st
• Local governments reviewing wireless siting
applications often are caught between
 Industry response to consumer demand, and
 Citizen fears of RF effects, especially on children
Telecommunications Law
RF radiation safeguards (cont’d)
• Zoning boards experiencing this crossfire should not hesitate to comment
on reply if they missed the September deadline
• As of September 2013:
 Nearly 1000 comments since June of 2012, most individual rather than corporate
 Key institutional comments on 9-3-13 summarized in paper handout
• From 8/5/13 FCC letter to LA schools superintendent:
“Since the FCC is not a health and safety agency itself, we must defer to other
organizations and agencies with respect to interpreting the biological research necessary to
assess the health impact of RF emissions, and to determine what levels are safe. In 1996,
the Commission adopted its current guidelines for human exposure to RF energy based on
recommendations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), and other federal health and safety agencies.”
Telecommunications Law
RF radiation safeguards (cont’d)
• When the issues are fully joined by replies in
November, we’ll have a better idea of how far
municipalities can go in seeking compliance
without inhibiting wireless services
Telecommunications Law
Thank you for attending.
James R. Hobson
Of Counsel
Best Best & Krieger LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Suite 4300
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 370-5305/ (202) 785-0600
Email: james.hobson@bbklaw.com
www.bbklaw.com

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Public Safety and Wireless Deployment

  • 2. Telecommunications Law PUBLIC SAFETY AND WIRELESS DEPLOYMENT: 700 MHZ Broadband Broadband/Narrowband; 800 MHz Rebanding; RF Radiation Safeguards PRESENTED BY James R. Hobson Of Counsel IMLA 2013 Annual Conference Telecommunications & Franchise Section Workshop Sunday, September 29, 2013 © 2013 International Municipal Lawyers Association. This is an informational educational report distributed by the International Municipal Lawyers Association during its 2013 Annual Conference, held September 29 – October 2, in San Francisco, CA. IMLA assumes no responsibility for the policies or positions in the report or for the presentation of its contents.
  • 3. Telecommunications Law 700 MHz Broadband • Single national public safety license: FCC, 2007; Congress, 2012 (P.L. 112-96, Title VI) • Chief concern: interoperability • FirstNet established within NTIA/DOC  To lease spectrum to state/regional operators  Under FCC-created interoperability standards  Using existing facilities and commercial partnerships where possible • As of mid-August, 2 leases; others likely soon
  • 4. Telecommunications Law 700 MHz Broadband (cont’d) • Large tasks remaining:  Choice of system architecture  Evaluating RFP responses  Selecting core and access network contractors  Completion of FirstNet staffing • Bill D’Agostino, Jr., General Manager • T J Kennedy, Deputy GM • Edward Parkinson, Government Affairs Director • Randolph Lyon, Chief Financial Officer
  • 5. Telecommunications Law 700 MHz Broadband (cont’d) • Contentious issues:  Charges by Board Member Paul Fitzgerald  States’ choice: opt-in or not?  Fate of BTOP grants pre-dating FirstNet  FCC’s role as regulator of FirstNet • Spectrum auction and financial uncertainties • System “apps” – new liabilities?
  • 6. Telecommunications Law 700 MHz Narrowband • 2016 deadline to reduce channel widths • Destination for T-Band evacuees • Who pays for move of “old” narrowband to “new?” • Narrowband voice and broadband data incompatible, for now
  • 7. Telecommunications Law 800 MHz rebanding • Ten years ago, Nextel offered to pay for spectrum shuffle that would segregate public safety channels from commercial uses – in exchange for 10 MHz of spectrum. • Aim was to eliminate or mitigate interference between incompatible architectures • Process was to be finished in 2008, but treaty negotiations with Canada and Mexico – plus unexpected complexities – caused delay.
  • 8. Telecommunications Law 800 MHz rebanding (cont’d) • Licensees and Nextel have differed over “reasonable” moving expense and “comparability” of rebanded systems. • While interior and Canadian border are nearly finished, Mexican border just beginning. • Nextel hopes to avoid protracted negotiations by offering fixed prices per radio. • And by reducing the expense documentation now required to close out contracts.
  • 9. Telecommunications Law RF radiation safeguards • Wireless communication is essential to modern fire, police and emergency medical services • But some scientists, and many citizens, are concerned that the sheer ubiquity of wireless technology is harming us in ways not fully understood • Under NEPA, the FCC for nearly 30 years has regulated transmitter emissions on the basis of their potential to overheat human tissues
  • 10. Telecommunications Law RF radiation safeguards (cont’d) • Recently, the FCC opened an inquiry into the thermal basis for existing rules • And asked how they could be better enforced • Initial comments are due September 3rd, replies November 1st • Local governments reviewing wireless siting applications often are caught between  Industry response to consumer demand, and  Citizen fears of RF effects, especially on children
  • 11. Telecommunications Law RF radiation safeguards (cont’d) • Zoning boards experiencing this crossfire should not hesitate to comment on reply if they missed the September deadline • As of September 2013:  Nearly 1000 comments since June of 2012, most individual rather than corporate  Key institutional comments on 9-3-13 summarized in paper handout • From 8/5/13 FCC letter to LA schools superintendent: “Since the FCC is not a health and safety agency itself, we must defer to other organizations and agencies with respect to interpreting the biological research necessary to assess the health impact of RF emissions, and to determine what levels are safe. In 1996, the Commission adopted its current guidelines for human exposure to RF energy based on recommendations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other federal health and safety agencies.”
  • 12. Telecommunications Law RF radiation safeguards (cont’d) • When the issues are fully joined by replies in November, we’ll have a better idea of how far municipalities can go in seeking compliance without inhibiting wireless services
  • 13. Telecommunications Law Thank you for attending. James R. Hobson Of Counsel Best Best & Krieger LLP 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Suite 4300 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (202) 370-5305/ (202) 785-0600 Email: james.hobson@bbklaw.com www.bbklaw.com