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47 U.S.C. § 1422

Public safety broadband network

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(a) Establishment

The First Responder Network Authority shall ensure the establishment of a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network.

(b) Network componentsThe nationwide public safety broadband network shall be based on a single, national network architecture that evolves with technological advancements and initially consists of—(1) a core network that—(A) consists of national and regional data centers, and other elements and functions that may be distributed geographically, all of which shall be based on commercial standards; and(B) provides the connectivity between—(i) the radio access network; and(ii) the public Internet or the public switched network, or both; and(2) a radio access network that—(A) consists of all cell site equipment, antennas, and backhaul equipment, based on commercial standards, that are required to enable wireless communications with devices using the public safety broadband spectrum; and(B) shall be developed, constructed, managed, maintained, and operated taking into account the plans developed in the State, local, and tribal planning and implementation grant program under section 1442(a) of this title.(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6202, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 206.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2025 · leading case: United States Telecom Ass'n v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 825 F.3d 674 (D.C. Cir. 2016).
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United States Telecom Ass'n v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, 825 F.3d 674 (D.C. Cir. 2016). · cites it 2× “See 47 U.S.C. § 1422 (b)(1)(B)(ii) (referring to “the public Internet or the public switched network”).”
United States Telecom Assoc. v. FCC [Order In Slip Opinion Format], 855 F.3d 381 (D.C. Cir. 2017). · cites it 2× “” See 47 U.S.C. § 1422 (b)(1). This subsequent, specific distinction can 5 Time and again leading up to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the FCC equated “the public switched network” with the telephone network.”
Mozilla Corp. v. FCC, 940 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2019). “Similarly in USTA we rejected a claim that 47 U.S.C. § 1422 (b)(1)(ii)’s use of the term “public switched network”— in a context pretty clearly meaning only the telephone network—meant that the Commission was required to so limit its definition for purposes of Section 332.”
Rivada Mercury, LLC v. United States, 131 Fed. Cl. 663 (Fed. Cl. 2017). “” 3 See 47 U.S.C. § 1422 (a). *668 Congress specified that the NPSBN “shall be based on a single, national network architecture” with two primary components: a “core network” and a “radio access network.”
Mozilla Corp. v. FCC (D.C. Cir. 2019). “Similarly in USTA we rejected a claim that 47 U.S.C. § 1422 (b)(1)(ii)’s use of the term “public switched network”— in a context pretty clearly meaning only the telephone network—meant that the Commission was required to so limit its definition for purposes of Section 332.”
Wireless Internet Serv. Providers Ass'n v. FCC (6th Cir. 2025). “” 47 U.S.C. § 1422 (b)(1)(B)(i–ii); see also Telecom (en banc), 855 F.”
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