[Scan-DC] FCC Proceeding on Interoperability in Public Safety Telecom Technology

[Jeff Krauss]

Public Safety And Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment On 
Increasing Public Safety Interoperability By Promoting Competition 
For Public Safety Communications Technologies
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-10-1556A1.doc

FCC is asking these questions:
    * What are the factors that affect the current state of 
competition in the provision of public safety communications 
equipment?  Are there any additional barriers to additional 
manufacturers supplying network equipment to the public safety 
community for narrowband communications?    For broadband communications?
    * How would additional competition in the provision of public 
safety communications equipment improve narrowband or broadband 
interoperability?  Conversely, what impact does the current state of 
competition in the provision of public safety communications 
equipment and devices have on interoperability?  Assuming additional 
competition would benefit public safety interoperability, what 
actions could the Commission take to improve competition in the 
provision of public safety communications equipment?
    * What are the limitations of Project 25 in promoting narrowband 
public safety communications interoperability?  What actions, if any, 
should the Commission take to rectify these limitations?
    * Could open standards for public safety equipment increase 
competition?  What actions could the Commission take to facilitate openness?
    * As the Commission considers requirements for the 700 MHz 
broadband public safety network, are there any requirements on public 
safety equipment or network operators that would increase competition 
in the provision of public safety equipment?  How can the 
Commission's work on requirements for the 700 MHz broadband public 
safety network be leveraged to promote interoperability between 
narrowband and broadband networks?