Personal Plea for Cyren Call

In the wake of the FCC’s dismissal of his Cyren Call frequency allocation proposal, Morgan O’Brien is apparently taking his proposal to the streets through an e-mail appeal for public safety officials to file comments with the FCC. “Dear Friend” began an e-mail received by several persons who have posted the message on-line. “Now is the time for everyone within public safety and industry to formally tell the FCC and Congress what they’ve been saying publicly for months: a new solution is needed for public safety’s communications challenges!” the e-mail said. The message was signed by O’Brien, who thanked the recipient if he/she had already filed comments, and then asked the person to forward it on to others who might offer comments. The FCC ruled late last week that O’Brien’s proposal to allocated 30 MHz of spectrum for a nationwide radio network could only be approved by Congress.