GEOCommand pays close attention to the needs of emergency responders and is an unwavering advocate for public safety.

We will continue to listen to your needs and refine GEOCommand to meet the requirements of emergency responders. Please check this page often for press releases and public safety filings, or contact us with your feedback.

Current Legislative Filings
The GEOCommand team has unique expertise in public safety radio and broadband communications and the legislative process surrounding public safety spectrum allocation. Because of the company's background, expertise, and concern, GEOCommand files comments with government agencies on public safety communications proposals.

This is a critical time that will determine the future of public safety communications. The federal government and the FCC are currently reviewing proposals for public safety radio and broadband allocation. While it is undisputed that a nationwide, interoperable public safety network is essential to national security, GEOCommand believes that the most recent FCC proposal is inadequate.

Message From the President

POST AUCTION...

With the FCC 700 MHz Auction now complete the United States Congress and Federal Communications Commission must go back to the drawing board and figure out a solution for America's First Responder Community. With a single bid by Qualcomm in Round 1 of the auction, the FCC reserve price for the "D" Block was not met. For a public/private partnership to work we believe an integrated data approach can free up some capacity within the 700 frequencies, when and if the FCC is to re-auction or just give to the Public Safety Spectrum Trust. By using existing legacy systems, along with 220-222 MHz frequencies there will be less stress on the 700 Broadband network for voice and video. Our responder's need 24/7 data and the FCC has 2-10 channel nationwide licenses at 5KHz spacing available for Public Safety and Federal Government use in the 220-222 MHz frequency band.

PRE-AUCTION...

The FCC Announces Plans for the 700 MHz Auction and National Emergency Responder System…

The FCC did about what we expected.  Public safety will get some additional spectrum to combine with the existing public safety spectrum through a public/private partnership (for a total of 22 MHz). Not as much as the 30 MHz that Cyren Call wanted, but it is more than the 12 MHz within the existing public safety block.  No wholesale requirement as Frontline wanted, though  --  but I don't know if that was ever a burning issue for us.

On the commercial side, looks like open access won the day, to the delight of entities like Google.  This allows any devices to be used on particular networks, not just the ones that are dictated by the carriers.  Prior to the decision both AT&T and Verizon came out in support for this provision.  We suspect that they will wind up fighting in another forum, but we shall see.

As for the 220 MHz spectrum, because the FCC set aside a total of 22 MHz rather then the required 30 for a nationwide voice, data and video public safety network we believe that 220 can prove to be valuable over the next 10 years. That is one reason we are trying to be a part of a number of interoperability grants and have already submitted for an SBIR Subterranean grant; all incorporating 220. It is our belief that 220 can be used to capture remote sensor points (weather, bio-hazardous, nuclear, etc.) and bring it back to a central point. This is where the GEOCommand “Dynamic Server Module” comes into play; serving as the broker of this data which will be transmitted out via 700MHz in a dynamic, interactive manner. This will keep cost down, create spectrum efficiency, be able to keep important information flowing into the control stations while not taking any spectrum from the public/private partnership (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, etc.); which is still going to be the sticking point as such network is being planned (post auction).