Public Safety Advocate: MCPTT over LTE and Direct-Mode
[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…
Public Safety Advocate: MCPTT over LTE and Direct-Mode
New Communications Technology Will Assist Emergency Responders Throughout Colorado
With Colorado summertime comes the surge in wildfires across the state, which we have already seen in recent months. We all remember the Waldo Canyon…
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Announces Decision to Accept the FirstNet and AT&T Plan for Wireless Broadband Network for State’s Public Safety Community
Iowa is making history. Today, Governor Kim Reynolds announced her decision to accept the FirstNet and AT&T plan to deliver a wireless broadband network to…
AT&T, FirstNet Officials Shed Light On Near-Term Implementation Efforts
FirstNet and AT&T officials have long stated that public-safety agencies within “opt-in” states immediately can take advantage of priority access across the AT&T network, but…
Iowa To Opt-In To FirstNet Network
First-of-its-Kind Solution Will Create Jobs, Spur Investment and Modernize Public Safety Communications throughout the State RESTON, Va., July 18, 2017 — Iowa is making history….
All The Right Stuff
Yes, referring to the brave men that offered to do something nobody believed would or could happen. They all had done things that prepared them…
Pre-Award Bid Protest, What Was All The Fuss About?
There has been discussion recently over the court’s dismissal of Rivada’s Pre-Award Bid Protest as it relates to FirstNet. In an attempt to help those…
FirstNet: An Economic Analysis of Opting In vs. Opting Out
Two economists have suggested that a state that opts out of FirstNet can avoid the cost and financial risk of funding its own network by simply deploying an auction-based spectrum exchange to raise revenue. This paper finds that such an approach is illusory and would actually expose states to financial risk with no benefits for first responders.
AT&T SVP Chris Sambar to Testify in Congressional Senate Hearing
Chris Sambar, senior vice president, AT&T* – FirstNet, will testify before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet at a…
Arkansas To Opt-In To FirstNet Network
Arkansas to Transform Communications for Public Safety; Governor Hutchinson Approves Buildout Plan for First Responder Network First-of-its-Kind Solution Will Create Jobs, Spur Investment and Modernize…
Kentucky To Opt-In To FirstNet Network
Today, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin made his decision to join the FirstNet network. This will make Kentucky one of the first states in the country…
Public Safety Advocate: Location Services, When?
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,…
Virginia First State to Opt in to FirstNet
Virginia is the first state to opt in to FirstNet, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced after signing a letter of intent Monday.
Virginia Becomes First State To Opt In To FirstNet
In the first of 56 decisions to be made by state leaders in the coming months, Virginia signs on with the federal government’s proposal for…
Beware Of Misleading Information About FirstNet
In my last blog posting, I raised the role that fire chiefs need to play as governors decide whether to opt-in or opt-out of the…