Public Safety Advocate: Raising Awareness
Sometimes it can be a real challenge to come up with a subject I think would be of interest to my readers. This week seems particularly difficult. FirstNet is humming…
Sometimes it can be a real challenge to come up with a subject I think would be of interest to my readers. This week seems particularly difficult. FirstNet is humming…
During the formation of FirstNet and then working with FirstNet to establish the goals of the network, it was always about fostering data and video services for public safety and…
Discovery Patterns is the company that graciously provides news searches. By reviewing the results, I can include a list of stories of interest along with links in my blog mailing….
First, I must admit I did not attend the yearly Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that is held in Las Vegas in early January. In fact, I have not attended CES…
As we start the New Year, I would like to once again let you know that what may seem to be an AT&T leaning on my part is not. I…
Happy New Year to all of you! Hopefully, 2019 will be a great year for all of us including the public safety community of dispatchers, fire, EMS, and law enforcement…
Since this is the last Advocate of 2018, I want to start with wishing all of you the best holidays ever, regardless of how or what you celebrate. Further, I want to…
As we enter the 21st month of the 25-year contract between FirstNet the Authority and FirstNet (Built with AT&T), the last three of this year’s Public Safety Advocates will examine what has…
On Tuesday the week before Thanksgiving, I flew to Denver to speak at a FirstNet Association (FNA) event and on Wednesday I flew home. Then on Thursday, I started out…
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 last week, I had written…
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 be moderating a panel entitled,…
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 and fall, the West was…
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 early because of the pending…
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 both public safety and, in…
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 to work well and is…