Public Safety Advocate: State Plans Being Delivered
On June 19, 2017, as promised, FirstNet and AT&T delivered the state plans three months ahead of what was required in the FirstNet RFP. The delivery of these plans was via a…
On June 19, 2017, as promised, FirstNet and AT&T delivered the state plans three months ahead of what was required in the FirstNet RFP. The delivery of these plans was via a…
As engineers have discovered how to make spectrum in the higher reaches of our radio spectrum useful for purposes no one had thought possible, public safety, along with others who…
Introduction On or about June 19 (next week), the state Single Points of Contact (SPOCs) will be given access to a web portal where they will find the state plan…
FirstNet/AT&T/SPOC Meeting and unfortunate activities from one vendor Introduction This past week in Dallas was the fifth time the Single (State) Point of Contacts (SPOCs) and their teams met with…
Welcome to the first Public Safety Advocate column from our new web-home AllThingsFirstnet.com. After you read this week’s advocate take a look around the site, there is more to come…
But first some exciting changes! Public Safety Advocate: Now from a New Home! It will be the same blog It will still be written by Andrew Seybold It will contain…
Thu May 11 18:14:07 2017 A number of vastly different languages are spoken within the wireless industry. I don’t mean different languages such as English and French, I mean different…
Thu Apr 27 14:20:18 2017 This week’s Public Safety Advocate does not deal directly with Public Safety communications however, it does deal with a topic that could and probably will…
Thu Apr 20 16:06:50 2017 Before FirstNet, those who wanted to auction the 5 MHz by 5 MHz portion of the 700-MHz spectrum known as the D block, which was…
Thu Apr 6 19:15:34 2017 The first project that must be completed by FirstNet and AT&T within six months of the contract signing is to deliver to each state, territory,…
Mon Apr 3 15:56:05 2017 At the top of the list was the contract award made by FirstNet and the Department of Commerce to AT&T for the building, operating, and…
Thu Mar 23 18:27:14 2017 Since the U.S. Federal Claims Court it has made the following statement via Business Wire: “Rivada Networks announced today that it will work directly with…
Sat Mar 18 16:17:20 2017 The Public Safety community, FirstNet, and AT&T are all pleased that the U.S. Federal Claims judge ruled against Rivada. The court denied Rivada’s contention that…
Trying to make the federal government look bad is one thing but attacking FirstNet, an organization of people working for sub-industry-standard salaries in order to serve the Public Safety community is not right.
Thu Mar 9 17:03:53 2017 A few years ago I wrote about how Public Safety could begin to prepare for the addition of FirstNet to its communications capabilities. Since then we have…