The FCC’s plans for leveraging a forthcoming wireless auction to improve public-safety communication was thrown into disarray that week when Frontline Wireless told media outlets that it was closing the doors on its daily operations.

The news surprised analysts considering the fledgling wireless operator had confirmed just last month that it had submitted a short-form application to bid on spectrum that could be used for commercial and public-safety applications.

There are other companies out there that could

step in and put the public-safety component of the FCC’s wireless plans on track, noted Lisa Pierce, a vice president at Forrester Research. However, she said, no one likes the FCC’s auction requirements, which, among other things, signal for bidders to meet an FCC spectrum “reserve price” in excess of $1 billion.

“Obviously something is going to have to give,” Pierce said. “The FCC is going to have to change […]

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