Chairman Pai Remarks at FirstNet Signing Ceremony

Today’s signing ceremony is the capstone to many years of hard work by the public safety community. So I’d like to thank them as well, and especially Chief Harlan McEwen, for helping get us to this point. I’d also like to thank all of those in Congress who acted on a bipartisan basis to get this project off of the ground. And finally, I’d like to congratulate AT&T for being selected as the entity that will build out the network.

The FCC remains committed to supporting FirstNet and the public safety community. We’ve given FirstNet a license for 20 MHz of broadband spectrum in the 700 MHz band. We transmitted basic technical requirements to FirstNet for the network. And our spectrum auctions have produced billions of dollars that will be used to fund construction of the public safety network. Going forward, we look forward to working with FirstNet and doing what we can to help ensure the success of this project.


Chairman Pai Remarks at FirstNet Signing Ceremony