Those who have followed public-safety communications over the past dozen or so years probably know about the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST) and the Public Safety Alliance (PSA). While created…
In last week’s Advocate, I said one good thing had resulted from the pandemic because changing circumstances influenced more public-safety agencies to join the FirstNet network. I was concerned about both wired…
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 home, I wrote an Advocate regarding the…
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 column is a good recap…
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 Job Creation Act of 2012…
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) and broadband network operators, public-safety…
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 a new approach to public-safety…
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 the U.S. Department of Commerce…
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 meters (9.842 feet). This will…
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 put together a comparison of…
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 around the United States and…
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 LTE) and stressing that PTT…
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 successfully introduce Bluetooth on its…
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 of using high-power user devices…
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 were coaxing FirstNet through federal…