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 begin with comments about The FirstNet Authority blog concerning 3GPP and my comments on the 3GPP MCPTT standard and devices in the…
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…
About 4.9-GHz Spectrum The 4.9-GHz band is 50 MHz of spectrum that was allocated to public safety in 2002 on the heels of the 9/11…
A number of committees are working toward solving both the Land Mobile Radio (LMR)/LTE Push-To-Talk (PTT) interoperability issues and LTE/LTE PTT interoperability issues. Meanwhile, the…
Welcome to September, 2020. I wonder what else 2020 will throw our way. Ignited mostly by lightening, wildfires continue in California, Arizona, and other states,…
BFN (Before FirstNet) and before Next-Generation 9-1-1 (NG911), the public-safety communications world was fairly organized. A few companies offered complete systems consisting of base stations,…
There is a lot happening this month. Unfortunately, since Congress is taking its usual August break, there won’t be any further action to repeal the…