The 4G Coalition submitted comments arguing that competition among equipment providers to any telecommunications service — including public safety services — is critical and that the lack of competition in the public safety communications marketplace has hampered the development of public safety equipment, including interoperability, and has kept equipment costs high. The 4G Coalition asks the FCC to introduce additional competition and interoperability to the public safety communications marketplace by requiring the public safety 700 MHz broadband network to operate on the same technological platform as, and in public/private partnerships with, commercial systems.