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January 27, 2011 Robert Kenny: 202-418-0506 
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FCC RELEASES NEW VIDEO ON ITS PROPOSED TECHNICAL FRAMEWORK TO 
ADVANCE INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOR AMERICA’S FIRST RESPONDERS
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission today released a new video that provides 
an overview on the Commission’s Third Report and Order (Order) and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (FNRPM) that were adopted yesterday.  The new and proposed rules, when implemented, 
will help advance interoperable broadband communications for America’s first responders. Once built, 
the network will enable public safety broadband users to share information, videos, photos and emails 
over robust, dedicated and secure mobile broadband networks across departments and jurisdictions 
nationwide for day-to-day operations and during large-scale emergencies. 
Members of the FCC’s Emergency Response Interoperability Center (ERIC) which is part of the Public 
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau developed the video to provide the public with a broad overview of 
the Order and FNPRM. The short video focuses on the adoption of rules to require LTE as the common 
technology platform for all public safety broadband networks. The video also provides brief descriptions 
of proposed interoperability rules encompassing architectural vision of the network, open standards, 
system identifiers of network, roaming, applications, security, interconnectivity of networks, testing, 
coverage, performance, interference, out-of-band emission, and devices to mention a few.
You can find this video on the FCC’s YouTube page at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h50Njf_Ga_A
Fore more information on the video and the Order and FNPRM please contact Jennifer Manner, Deputy 
Chief and Acting Chief of ERIC, FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau 202-418-3619 or 
Jennifer.Manner@fcc.gov.
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