STATEMENT OF
ACTING CHAIRMAN MICHAEL J. COPPS
Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission’s Rules, WP Docket No. 07-100
I am pleased to support this Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking.  The 4.9 GHz band holds great promise for enabling the use of new broadband 
applications in support of public safety, such as high-speed digital technologies and wireless local 
area networks for incident scene management.  Today’s Report and Order provides more 
operational flexibility in the 4.9 GHz service rules in order to facilitate deployment of additional 
broadband network facilities in the service of public safety needs in communities throughout the 
country.  By clarifying that 4.9 GHz fixed links that connect base and mobile stations used to 
deliver broadband services are afforded primary status under our rules, the Commission is 
promoting more intensive use of the spectrum for broadband applications in the band.  This, in 
turn, will provide first responders with greater ability to use emerging broadband technologies to 
share crucial broadband data and thereby assist those in need, address emergency situations and 
disasters, and save lives.   
The Report and Order also brings several other revisions intended to clarify the technical rules 
and speed deployment in this public safety band.  In addition, the Further Notice seeks comment 
on additional revisions that could improve frequency coordination in the band.  I thank the 
Bureau for their efforts on this item.