Public Safety Advocate: Intra-Operable Networks, T-Mobile Ex Parte Filing
Regular Public Safety Advocate followers are probably familiar with an expression I picked up years ago that remains true today: “Paper does not refuse ink.” It is…
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Public Safety Advocate: Adding Wireless Routers, Broadband Overload, High-Power User Equipment
First, a sincere thank you to public-safety professionals for putting others’ lives ahead of your own, and thanks to the professionals in Emergency Communications Centers…
Public Safety Advocate: Disasters, Interoperability, FirstNet Updates, What’s Still Missing
FirstNet was created to facilitate cross-agency public-safety communications, no matter where agencies are called to serve. The rationale behind FirstNet is to enable a team…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Authority Appoints CEO, Reality of FirstNet Coverage, T-Band
A few hours before time to email this week’s Advocate I was informed that finally, after what seems forever, The FirstNet Authority has appointed Ed Parkinson to…
Public Safety Advocate: Networks, Devices, Push-To-Talk
Over the next few months, but not every week, I will be expanding on this week’s article about Land Mobile Radio (LMR) networks and commercial…
Public Safety Advocate: The 5G Wedding Cake, More Networks/Less Interoperability, Open Standards
I recently commented here about T-Mobile and others confusing both the public-safety community and the citizens of the United States with its lack of specifics…
Public Safety Advocate: A Tale of Three States
There is only one vetted and approved FirstNet public-safety broadband network and it was created as a private/public partnership by Congress. It is NOT a commercial broadband…
Public Safety Advocate: Another MCPTT Vendor? FirstNet Coverage, Drive Tests
Southern Linc, which replaced its Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) with an LTE network built by Ericsson, originally chose Motorola’s Wave for its Push-To-Talk (PTT)…
Public Safety Advocate: GAO FirstNet Report, Needed from Congress NOW!
Many of you may have read the headlines about the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the status of FirstNet. On the whole, the GAO…
Public Safety Advocate: An Honor, A Correction, DHS Shared Communications Report
Let me start this last Advocate of January by saying I am honored to be nominated as the IWCE Critical Communications Leader of the Year. The other nominees…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet, Land Mobile Radio
Public safety has been using Land Mobile Radio (LMR) communications since the 1930s, broadband data is the new kid on the block, and FirstNet is…
Public Safety Advocate: Radio Interference and the Network Below Other Networks
This week’s Advocate is a little late due to an out-of-office work commitment. Meanwhile, many activities that will impact public-safety communications in 2020 continue. One issue we…
Public Safety Advocate: Looking Forward to 2020
Happy New Year to all, especially those who worked through the holidays so the rest of us could enjoy our celebrations! Looking ahead to what…
Public Safety Advocate: The Year in Review
In this last Advocate of the year, we will look back at 2019 to see what has been accomplished in the world of public-safety communications as well…
Public Safety Advocate: 5 “GEE”, More on Location Services, FirstNet Authority Rumors
First, I want to comment on the FCC’s recent decision to roll out a $9 billion fund for rural 5G connectivity. This fund will replace…