Public Safety Advocate: CES and more News and Views
First, I must admit I did not attend the yearly Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that is held in Las Vegas in early January. In fact,…
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Public Safety Advocate: 2019 Overview
As we start the New Year, I would like to once again let you know that what may seem to be an AT&T leaning on…
Public Safety Advocate: Looking Forward to 2019
Happy New Year to all of you! Hopefully, 2019 will be a great year for all of us including the public safety community of dispatchers,…
Public Safety Advocate: Part III ⏤ Devices and Applications
Since this is the last Advocate of 2018, I want to start with wishing all of you the best holidays ever, regardless of how or what you…
Public Safety Advocate: Part II — Coverage
Last week I looked at the state of the Push-To-Talk (PTT) situation and what I believe is needed to make PTT mission-critical-ready on FirstNet or…
Public Safety Advocate: Looking Back and Looking Forward
As we enter the 21st month of the 25-year contract between FirstNet the Authority and FirstNet (Built with AT&T), the last three of this year’s Public…
Public Safety Advocate: Presentations and Awards
On Tuesday the week before Thanksgiving, I flew to Denver to speak at a FirstNet Association (FNA) event and on Wednesday I flew home. Then…
Public Safety Advocate: Critical LTE Communications Forum and More
This week’s Advocate is late since I attended and took part in the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) Critical LTE Communications Forum. There were about 200…
Public Safety Advocate: LMR, FirstNet, WiFi, Just to be Clear, and More
Last week’s Advocate discussed the integration, over time, of NG9-1-1, FirstNet, Land Mobile Radio (LMR), and WiFi into a homogeneous communications system for public safety. Before…
Public Safety Advocate: NG9-1-1, FirstNet, and LMR
In early November, I will be at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) Critical LTE Communications Conference in Chicago. On the second day, I will…
Public Safety Advocate: Is Disaster Communications the New Norm?
It seems as though our public safety community is spending a lot of time working with other agencies on one disaster after another. This summer…
Public Safety Advocate: IACP 2018
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference held in Orlando this year was once again a great success. I admit I left a day…
Public Safety Advocate: T-Band Revisited, New FirstNet Authority CEO
Just to refresh your memories, the T-Band is the 470–512-MHz spectrum that was allocated to UHF-TV channels 14-20 that has since been made available to…
Public Safety Advocate: Rural Broadband Update, FirstNet Authority Personnel News
Rural Broadband I write and speak about this subject quite often. The reason is simple. FirstNet is the result of a public/private partnership that continues…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet’s First Hurricane
Last week’s Public Safety Advocate discussed storms, wildfires, and other reasons it is so important for as many public safety agencies as possible to be a…