Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Buildout, Interoperability, FCC Supports T-Band Repeal
December is upon us, which means 2019 is drawing to a close. In a recent Mission Critical Communications web post, it was reported that as of November…
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Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Managed Services, FCC’s Location Blunder, 5G Czar?
With this being Thanksgiving week and many people taking time off from their work, this issue of the Advocate is being published early. Of course, some will…
Public Safety Advocate: Looking Back, Looking Forward, and Firstnet Devices
As I comb through my Advocates since the middle of 2010, I continue to find more to add to the book that is underway. I also find…
Public Safety Advocate: T-Band, FirstNet Updates, Laptops and Tablets
First and vitally important to eleven major cities and their metro areas, both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate have introduced bills cancelling the T-band…
Public Safety Advocate: Public-Safety Grade, Batteries and Generators
In May of 2014, the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) published a report entitled, “Defining Public Safety Grade Systems and Facilities.” I was fortunate…
Public Safety Advocate: IACP Conference and Show Floor
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference was held in Chicago this year and it was, I believe, better attended by both the…
Public Safety Advocate: IACP, Network Interoperability, FirstNet Board
Publication of next week’s Advocate will be delayed a few days while I attend the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) annual conference/convention in Chicago beginning…
Public Safety Advocate: Broadband in Rural Areas—Why They Keep Getting It Wrong!
Today I read an article in Inside Towers that discusses a recent survey of 2,000 row-crop, livestock, and specialty-crop farmers. The survey shows that 60-percent of those…
Public Safety Advocate: LMR, FirstNet PTT Operational Concerns
I recently became aware of growing concerns related to interconnecting Land Mobile Radio (LMR) networks with any LTE network including the FirstNet (LTE) network. Some…
Public Safety Advocate: Network Interoperability?
This is the month of public safety’s “10-codes.” These 10-codes were used effectively for many years and are now being replaced with verbal commands. With…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Authority Investments, HPUE, an Omission
I will start with the omission from last week’s Advocate where I detailed the most important items for which public safety needs assistance from various federal…
Public Safety Advocate: Public Safety Needs Federal Action Now!
Again, last week was the eighteenth anniversary of 9/11 and the start of a larger movement by the public-safety community to fix its communications systems….
Public Safety Advocate: 9/11, Rural Broadband, Datacast
Above all else, this week was the anniversary of the terrible tragedies of 9/11. For public safety, 9/11 was also the beginning of a nationwide…
Public Safety Advocate: Interference at the Southern Border
In opening, I would like to welcome our new subscribers. The topics we cover relate to wireless communications, especially as used by public safety, and…
Public Safety Advocate: NG911, More Public-Safety Hall of Fame Nominees
Last week I attended the State of Arizona PSAP/Integration Planning Meeting held in Phoenix. It was well attended and the content was right on target….