Commercial wireless carriers — including the four nationwide service providers in the U.S. — are willing to partner in the buildout of a nationwide public-safety LTE network for first responders but believe the system should focus solely on providing broadband data for emergency response rather than...More

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Harris County, Texas, plans to operate its new public-safety LTE network at 700 MHz and hopes to expand the system from 6 sites to 14 sites under a recent ruling from the FCC, according to county officials....More

A former FEMA official explains why broadband is a good thing for the fire service....More