Public Safety Advocate Discovery Patterns News Summary
Fri Jul 29 13:53:55 2016 On July 28, 2016, I presented a webinar for IWCE/Urgent Communications entitled, “The Transition from LMR to LTE.” I have to admit if I had…
Fri Jul 29 13:53:55 2016 On July 28, 2016, I presented a webinar for IWCE/Urgent Communications entitled, “The Transition from LMR to LTE.” I have to admit if I had…
Fri Jul 22 11:06:07 2016 NTIA Publishes State Opt-Out Guidelines This week NTIA released a document that will have a significant impact on states considering opting out. The NTIA’s document,…
Thu Jul 14 20:00:39 2016 The annual APCO conference is only about a month away. It is being held in Orlando this year and the agenda looks as though it…
Fri Jul 8 12:58:39 2016 As you can see from the subject line we are still experimenting with our title. It now appears as though “Advocate” is a word a…
Fri Jul 1 13:35:02 2016 Preparing for the Network This week FirstNet held both its committee and board of director’s meetings in Chicago. During these meetings, FirstNet put a number…
Thu Jun 23 20:08:23 2016 On Tuesday, June 21, 2016, the U. S. Senate had its chance to call on FirstNet and others to provide updates on progress being made….
Fri Jun 17 12:36:32 2016 We now know who at least two of the FirstNet bidders are. In addition to the announcement by Rivada and its partners, Pacific Data Vision…
Fri Jun 10 15:08:20 2016 The PSCR Recap, followed by RFP Submission Facts, Fantasies, and Rumors The Public Safety Communications Research Lab (PSCR), which is part of the National Institute…
Fri Jun 3 11:46:14 2016 Any and all FirstNet RFP responses were to have been submitted by this past Tuesday. However, there seems to be some confusion over if and…
Thu May 26 19:47:39 2016 Each state has the right to opt out of the plan FirstNet and the selected partner vendor presents to it. However, it the state does…
Fri May 20 12:47:28 2016 Yes this is still the Public Safety Advocate Discovery Patterns Weekly News Summary but last week more than sixty of our subscribers did not receive the…
Fri May 13 11:59:51 2016 It has been a relatively quiet week in the Public Safety communications space. That is not to say there is not a lot happening around…
Fri May 6 14:07:29 2016 Unlike CNN, I won’t be posting a clock with a countdown to the day and time responses to the FirstNet partnership RFP are due at…
Looking back at past major incidents and disasters, you will find that Ham radio operators have always been on the scene working to establish communications where needed. During Katrina, Hams spent weeks in the area working side-by-side with first responders. Some even set up a temporary FM broadcast station so authorities could provide updates to citizens.
Fri Apr 22 12:04:54 2016 I read with interest the current version of FirstNet’s Tech Talk: Updated Vehicular Network System Vison which can be found here: https://firstnet.gov/newsroom/blog/tech-talk-updated-vehicular-network-system-vision. It is a…