Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet—Stats and Contract Updates, Upgrade to 5G
Early in 2020 as we were learning about the pandemic and decisions were being made to work from home and for students to study from…
Articles by Andrew Seybold
Public Safety Advocate: Throw-Back Thursday—July 26, 2010, Before FirstNet
While continuing research for my book on FirstNet, I happened across an Advocate published on July 26, 2010 entitled, “Mr. Seybold Goes to Washington.” I believe this…
Public Safety Advocate: FCC Starts Process to Auction the T-Band
Last week, the FCC issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) PS Docket No. 13-42 to implement Section 6103 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and…
Public Safety Advocate: P25 and MCPTT Feature Comparison
Over the years, the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) has developed and published a large number of documents to provide Land Mobile Radio (LMR)…
Public Safety Advocate: FCC’s New Approach, FirstNet’s Future
This week’s Advocate opens with a discussion of a recent article in Urgent Communications based on statements made by the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. “FCC officials are taking…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet—A Three-Way Partnership
When FirstNet was signed into law, The FirstNet Authority was created as an independent authority reporting to the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) under…
Public Safety Advocate: Z-Axis Location, Rural Broadband Issues
The FCC has set an accuracy requirement for the “Z” or height axis used to determine location of a person inside a building at three…
Public Safety Advocate: LMR and FirstNet Attributes
I recently received an email from someone in the industry I know and have worked with on several occasions. He asked if I had ever…
Public Safety Advocate: Off-Network Communications
Welcome to June! May is in the books and now we are looking forward to what June might have in store for us. Public-safety agencies…
Public Safety Advocate: Lack of Broadband PTT Interoperability, T-Mobile, Ligado
Recently, there has been a flurry of articles in the press, on Twitter, and on LinkedIn touting the advantages of Push-To-Talk over Broadband (PTT over…
Public Safety Advocate: Bluetooth 5.0, Public-Safety Communications Report Card
Bluetooth, developed by Ericsson and named for a Danish Warlord, has become a part of almost every wireless device. Originally, Ericsson determined it could not…
Public Safety Advocate: HPUE—What It Does, How It Works, What Is Available
How much and where will High-Power User Equipment (HPUE) devices provide additional coverage? This week’s Advocate about HPUE is divided into sections. The first discusses the impact…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet, FCC, Congress, HPUE
FirstNet I have been following FirstNet (Built with AT&T) COVID-19 activities closely and from what I have seen, FirstNet has really stepped up. When we…
Public Safety Advocate: It Takes a Disaster to Prompt a Change
It took a long time to establish FirstNet, will it take as long to close the Digital Divide? In our history, there have been many…
Public Safety Advocate: Open Letter to Congress—Public Safety Needs Your Help Now
Dear Members of the U.S. House and Senate: There are bills pending in both the House and Senate that need your attention now! We understand you…