DC Circuit Upholds FCC's 2024 4.9 GHz Order in Win for FirstNet

◆ The Wire takeaway

If you build wireless infrastructure for public safety or critical infrastructure, a large pool of dormant spectrum just became available to a well-funded buyer. FirstNet now has a court-backed route to access 4.9 GHz capacity that incumbent licensees have been sitting on; your technology for spectrum sharing, band management, or dual-use network architecture is now commercially viable.