In an editorial, "A Boon For Emergency Responders," the San Jose Mercury News today called Frontline "a big champion of a public safety network" and said the FCC rules for the upcoming 700 MHz auction will ensure a state-of-the-art broadband network for first responders. [Link] 

In a companion editorial, the Mercury News urged the big wireless companies to take "down the walls around their networks."  The open access obligations that are part of the 700 MHz auction rules for a slice of this spectrum will provide an opportunity for wireless users to have the same flexibility as those accessing the wireline Internet, the paper noted:  "Both the FCC and winning bidders must ensure that whatever changes occur in the wireless world live up to the auction's promise of greater competition and innovation." [Link]

The Washington Post outlined Frontline's goals to build what it described as a network to serve emergency responders and to operationalize open access on a wholesale basis as a carrier's carrier by selling "excess capacity to other carriers in order to sell speedy Internet service to consumers." [Link]

The Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) released a final version of its Bidder Information Document today detailing its desired requirements for the 700 MHz shared network.  This will enable interested parties to review the document before the December 3, 2007 deadline for filing an application to participate in the Federal Communication Commission's upcoming 700 MHz auction. [Read More]

WIRED Epicenter’s Bryan Gardiner discusses newcomers vs. veterans in the 700 MHz build out - will the seasoned veterans will have a leg up on all the newcomers, or will the reality be that the newbies may have more incentive and, in some cases, better business models for deployment? [Read More]

Business Week’s Olga Kharif outlines how the upcoming 700 MHz wireless auction could create a new breed of wireless players that lease network space to upstarts. [Read More]

In a story for Dow Jones, Corey Boles summarizes the recent FCC changes to the rules for the upcoming spectrum which will allow a small business bidding credit of 25%. [Read More]

Frontline Wireless applauds the FCC’s decision to ensure that facilities-based small businesses have a realistic opportunity to bid on the 700 MHz D Block license, which carries large and important obligations to build a national shared public-private network for first responder interoperability. [Read More] [DE Fact Sheet] [FCC Order]

Portfolio Magazine’s Genevieve Smith interviews Frontline Vice Chairman, Reed Hundt on the creation of an entirely new kind of wireless network. “People will be startled to find out what innovation can really do. I predict every electronics device in the world will (eventually) be connected to the network.” [Read More]