Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Network Capacity
Thu Apr 20 16:06:50 2017 Before FirstNet, those who wanted to auction the 5 MHz by 5 MHz portion of the 700-MHz spectrum known as the D block, which was…
Thu Apr 20 16:06:50 2017 Before FirstNet, those who wanted to auction the 5 MHz by 5 MHz portion of the 700-MHz spectrum known as the D block, which was…
Thu Apr 6 19:15:34 2017 The first project that must be completed by FirstNet and AT&T within six months of the contract signing is to deliver to each state, territory,…
Mon Apr 3 15:56:05 2017 At the top of the list was the contract award made by FirstNet and the Department of Commerce to AT&T for the building, operating, and…
Thu Mar 23 18:27:14 2017 Since the U.S. Federal Claims Court it has made the following statement via Business Wire: “Rivada Networks announced today that it will work directly with…
Sat Mar 18 16:17:20 2017 The Public Safety community, FirstNet, and AT&T are all pleased that the U.S. Federal Claims judge ruled against Rivada. The court denied Rivada’s contention that…
Trying to make the federal government look bad is one thing but attacking FirstNet, an organization of people working for sub-industry-standard salaries in order to serve the Public Safety community is not right.
Thu Mar 9 17:03:53 2017 A few years ago I wrote about how Public Safety could begin to prepare for the addition of FirstNet to its communications capabilities. Since then we have…
Thu Mar 2 17:00:21 2017 As I write the first draft of this week’s Public Safety Advocate, I realize it is March 1, the date the Department of Justice (DOJ)…
Thu Feb 23 16:45:35 2017 FirstNet celebrates its five-year anniversary this month. The law that created FirstNet was signed by the President of the United States on February 22, 2012….
Thu Feb 16 14:43:27 2017 The T-band is in the 470–512-MHz portion of the radio spectrum and was part of the allocation for UHF TV channels 14-20. However, there was…
Thu Feb 9 18:19:34 2017 Two weeks ago I wrote about the FirstNet network, then last week I wrote about the devices Public Safety will be using or could be…
Thu Feb 2 17:18:10 2017 Last week’s Public Safety Advocate post was one of the most widely read in the past six months and the input I have been receiving…
Thu Jan 26 17:56:27 2017 In June 2009, APCO International (APCO), The National Emergency Number Association (NENA), and The National Public-Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) publicly endorsed the wireless industry standard…
Thu Jan 12 18:53:23 2017 One comment made at the FirstNet board meeting caught my attention and that is that FirstNet, while becoming well known within Public Safety circles, has…
Thu Jan 19 17:06:47 2017 The latest news from the new administration’s transition team is that they plan to start chopping jobs within the federal government, reassigning functions to other…