2015 Canadian Budget: 20MHz for PS Broadband

[Jay911]

Budget 2015 - Chapter 4.3: Protecting Canadians

The Government has already allocated 10 megahertz (MHz) of the highly valued 700 MHz broadband spectrum for public safety communications. The Government will allocate another 10 MHz of the 700 MHz spectrum to enable the creation of a Public Safety Broadband Network, a high-speed mobile network dedicated to emergency management. The Government will also provide $3 million over two years, starting in 2016–17, to take initial steps to establish the network.

Great news. Not sure which 10MHz public safety will get, since AFAIK the 10MHz that the Americans gave their public safety users (along with the common 10MHz that both Canada and US have) was awarded to wireless/mobile providers.

TL;DR - Canadian public safety users will get an LTE data system like the US's FirstNet.

 

[mikewazowski]

Discussion thread here: http://forums.radioreference.com/mu...-2015-canadian-budget-20mhz-ps-broadband.html