Our new President and Vice-President will be sworn in on January 20, hopefully without incident. Then the real work will begin as the public-safety community…
This second 2021 Advocate is the last before the swearing in of the new administration. This week, we look back at the Nashville Bombing and why there…
First and foremost, I hope everyone stayed safe during the holidays and many of our first responders received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine….
There is no doubt 2020 will go down in history as one of the most difficult years the United States and the rest of the…
“Vehicular communications hubs” are a logical combination of communications resources into multi-function communications devices. This is a natural progression for public-safety and critical-communications systems that…
FirstNet Timeline It wasn’t until February 2012 that Congress attached the creation of FirstNet to a bill that was signed into law on February 22,…
Let’s start with The FirstNet Authority, which is the umbrella organization responsible for building and operating the nationwide public-safety broadband network known as FirstNet. The…
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) mission statement as presented on its web page under the “About the FCC” tab reads as follows: “The Federal Communications…
Welcome to November 2020. The election is finally behind us, Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc in the United States, and the number of wildfires, major…
As you can tell from the rather long title, we will cover a number of subjects this week. First among them is that NASA has…
This week we will look at a comprehensive report from The FirstNet Authority about the 3GPP standards body and its work in progress, discuss Mission-Critical…
This week I will discuss the High-Power User Equipment (HPUE) now approved by FirstNet (Built with AT&T). Suppliers have announced their FirstNet approvals and devices…
Welcome to October! This has been a tough year for everyone, especially for the public-safety community. However, there continues to be good news on the…
The United Kingdom press and some in the United States announced this week that the UK LTE broadband network for public safety that was to…
I have several things on my mind this week. The first concerns how WiFi fits into FirstNet communications. The second is the sudden decision by…