By James Careless The application of artificial intelligence (AI) to first responder communications, advances in 5G, and the reauthorization of FirstNet are the big trends that the experts see dominating…
As a public safety partner, the FirstNet team – in collaboration with local AT&T teams and AT&T Network Disaster Recovery – have been on the ground since day one to…
By James Careless Warning! If your agency is using the 4.9 GHz band (4940–4990 MHz) for public safety communications under an FCC “PA” radio service code authorization, you need to…
By James Careless Call it a success! The 2024 Vision FirstNet Users Summit (Vision 2024) held by the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) was a hit with attendees, FirstNet…
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE LAS VEGAS, Nev.—The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), a coalition of the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA), commends the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on its…
By James Careless Emergent, a maker of first responder-centric incident command, fleet management, and inspection software, has signed on as a Special Venue Sponsor at the 2024 Vision FirstNet Users…
By James Careless Mindful that not all FirstNet users are the same, the 2024 Vision FirstNet Users Summit (Vision 2024) will be offering three distinct session tracks this year: Mission…
By James Careless The 2024 Vision FirstNet Users Summit — aka Vision 2024 — takes place at the new Sahara Hotel/Conference Center in Las Vegas October 7-10, 2024. This is…
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE Las Vegas, Nevada – The Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) and the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) recently hosted a webinar for all Statewide Interoperability…
By James Careless In communications parlance, ‘5×5’ refers to radio signals that are perfectly clear and perfectly intelligible. In conference parlance, 5×5 is the short name of the Public Safety…
By James Careless Chief Russell believes 4.9 GHz should be protected for public safety with a centralized model under the FirstNet Authority while protecting the current incumbents. While this may…
By James Careless Ensuring clear, intelligible communications on noisy incident scenes has long been a problem for first responders and military users. This is why headset/microphone [headset] manufacturers have come…
By James Careless The problem of poor in-building communications experienced by first responders is nothing new. It goes back to the days of land mobile radios. But even in today’s…
By Richard Mirgon Let’s start with one basic fact. The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) has said from day one, over three years ago, that existing users of 4.9 GHz…
By James Careless The fact that FirstNet provides first responders with dedicated, priority wireless broadband service across America is reason enough to use this system. That being said, there is…