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Bay Area leaders outline BAYWEB public‑safety broadband plan, Motorola BOOM proposal
Summary
San Francisco emergency managers and interoperability staff described BAYWEB, a dedicated Bay Area 4G LTE network for public safety funded by a Motorola BTOP/ARRA grant and a proposed 10‑year build‑own‑operate‑maintain contract that would transfer the system to a regional authority after the term.
Barry Frasier, interoperability manager for the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, told the Disaster Council that the Bay Area is advancing BAYWEB (Bay Area Wireless Enhanced Broadband), “a network —… exclusively for public safety and first responders.” He described it as a private 4G LTE data network intended to keep public-safety traffic off commercial carriers during emergencies.
Frasier said the project rests on three building blocks already in hand: a waiver of 700 MHz spectrum from the Federal Communications Commission; ARRA/BTOP funding awarded to Motorola; and a new regional governance body to…
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