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4.9 GHz Public Safety Band - Competing Views on Use Topic of White Paper From CRS
April 07, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12766) on April 7, 2026, by telecommunications policy specialist 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 effectively with one another, partly because high call volumes exceeded the capacity of local public safet . . .

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