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The City of Kilgore has entered into an agreement to upgrade their existing public safety communications infrastructure to improve their coverage area and keep up with changing technologies.
Support Lt. Terry Linder, of Kilgore Police Department and the city’s Emergency Response Manager, explained the issue at a July 27 council meeting.
“Over the last several years, the state and federal focus has been moving public safety communications from VHF and UHF radio frequencies to the 700 and 800 megahertz band. Part of that is due to telecom companies upgrading to 5G technologies and auctioning off those frequency waves,” Linder said…
