Last week’s Advocate discussed the integration, over time, of NG9-1-1, FirstNet, Land Mobile Radio (LMR), and WiFi into a homogeneous communications system for public safety. Before…
In early November, I will be at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) Critical LTE Communications Conference in Chicago. On the second day, I will…
It seems as though our public safety community is spending a lot of time working with other agencies on one disaster after another. This summer…
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference held in Orlando this year was once again a great success. I admit I left a day…
Just to refresh your memories, the T-Band is the 470–512-MHz spectrum that was allocated to UHF-TV channels 14-20 that has since been made available to…
Rural Broadband I write and speak about this subject quite often. The reason is simple. FirstNet is the result of a public/private partnership that continues…
Last week’s Public Safety Advocate discussed storms, wildfires, and other reasons it is so important for as many public safety agencies as possible to be a…
To all my readers who delight in finding errors in my articles (for which I am grateful), “weather” in the title is correct as this…
The Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by FirstNet the Authority includes a section known as Section J-8 that deals with dates by which certain items…
The past several weeks have seen some interesting changes in the FirstNet Board of Directors and the U.S. Senate. First and foremost, the passing of…
There are many different types of interference that may have an impact on existing radio communications systems whether they are Land Mobile Radio (LMR), broadband,…
With AT&T beating every due date, dealing with its coverage issues head-on, and deploying Band 14 ahead of schedule, not to mention certifying new FirstNet-approved…
The busiest booth at the APCO conference in Las Vegas was by far the FirstNet booth. There was plenty of great activity on the show…
Many of my Public Safety Advocates start out when I am asked a question that gets me thinking. This Advocate began when a good friend of mine…
According to an article in Radio Resources’ MissionCritical Communications, a court case brought by two Vermonters question why the government has failed to inform the…