Chicago Long Term Evolution (LTE) Fact Sheet

The Chicago LTE pilot was a joint effort between S&T, the City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), the Chicago Police Department (CPD), Purdue University’s center for Visual Analytics for Command, Control and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE)—a DHS center of excellence—and the Motorola Corporation. In November 2014, the city gained temporary access to the 700MHz public safety broadband spectrum from the Federal Communications Commission to support the effort.