Public Safety Advocate: A T-Band Call to Action
Many people, even some of those involved in public safety, have no idea what the T-band is and why it is of vital importance to 11 metro areas with…
Many people, even some of those involved in public safety, have no idea what the T-band is and why it is of vital importance to 11 metro areas with…
During the quest to obtain enough nationwide broadband spectrum for public safety, the Public Safety Alliance (PSA) and its member organizations worked industriously to convince members of the U.S. Congress…
[Not quite] Mission Critical PTT over LTE is being tested and put into service for live network beta testing. Two things are missing from these trials and tests: a mission-critical…
The FCC has new rules for locating calls that come into the Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), and eventually they will include a third dimension, that being height of the…
The issues surrounding rural broadband coverage are many and I have been involved in studying them even prior to the formation of FirstNet. In fact, the Public Safety Alliance (PSA)…
By now you know I believe the term mission-critical Push-To-Talk (PTT) is being misused as a label for what is available over LTE today. This does not mean this will…
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 May 4 12:12:02 2017 As my readers know by now, I am pro-opt-in for the FirstNet/AT&T network. I believe it makes the most sense and if the opt-in decision…
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…