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Harris County seeks FirstNet OK to expand LTE network

Harris County seeks FirstNet OK to expand LTE network

Currently, eight sites are operating, but county wants to add six more.
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  • 10th January 2013

Officials for Harris County, Texas — the location of the only operational 700 MHz public-safety LTE network in the nation — will meet with FirstNet board members next week in hopes of eventually receiving permission to complete deployment of its broadband wireless system.

In August, the FCC granted Harris County and the city of Charlotte permission to operate LTE systems using special temporary authority (STA). Although Charlotte officials decided not to proceed with their deployment plans at the time, Harris County opted to begin operations on the portion of LTE network that was built prior to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration halting work on public-safety LTE deployments last spring.

Currently, police and fire personnel in the city of Baytown are using the LTE network, which has eight operational sites, according to Robert Cavazos, director of broadband services for Harris County. Next Thursday, FirstNet officials will visit the county, which officials hope will lead to broader permission to expand the system to 14 sites, as originally planned, he said.

"We're awaiting word from FirstNet, after their visit, to move forward with additional sites," Cavazos said during an interview with Urgent Communications.

Without such direction from FirstNet, Harris County would not be able to expand the network and would have to apply for an STA extension from the FCC by March, which is when the current STA expires, Cavazos said.

RELATED: FirstNet discusses future of BTOP-grant recipients

During the FirstNet meeting in December, board member Ed Reynolds described plans to visit the seven public-safety entities that received more than $300 million in federal Broadband Technologies Opportunity Program (BTOP) grants to build public-safety LTE systems. Many of these networks were scheduled to be operating this year, but NTIA halted the deployments to ensure that the FirstNet board would have input into the initiatives.

"We just need to move expeditiously to conclude what we need to be telling them," Reynolds said. "We need to target probably the January timeframe to give them a decision."

Tags: Public Safety Regulation Long Term Evolution (LTE) News NTIA/FirstNet Policy News

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  • Currently, eight sites are operating, but county wants to add six more.
  • Currently, eight sites are operating, but county wants to add six more.
  • Currently, eight sites are operating, but county wants to add six more.
  • Currently, eight sites are operating, but county wants to add six more.

4 comments

  1. Avatar Mark Schroeder 11th January 2013 @ 6:18 pm
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    I am sure that there are
    I am sure that there are many, like me, that would like to see Harris County succeed and be able to keep moving forward by being able to provide their public safety community with high level services and reliability that they can control, versus what we now have to accept with current commercial wireless products that cannot really be considered as reliable due to the lack of service level agreements. I do not see a way that we can communicate this support for them. Who should we send our cards and letters to, to help out? The NTIA? FirstNet? BTOP oversight? FCC?

  2. Avatar Robert 14th January 2013 @ 9:58 pm
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    I also share Mark’s opening
    I also share Mark’s opening sentiments as Harris County’s experiences in deploying and monitoring their expanding network will enable other public safety agencies to better establish their capabilities. I am very interested to find out more about service level agreements with commercial providers and why they are not seen as ‘fit for purpose’ as information being provided by them is that you can negotiate the service levels that meet you needs and demands albeit with costs provisioned against the levels (translates in to not cheap) ……

  3. Avatar Anonymous 16th January 2013 @ 2:03 pm
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    Can anyone tell me what type
    Can anyone tell me what type of device(s) the Harris County Fire Dept. is using for mobile voice communications in their LTE network. Obviously, the devices have to be rugged enough to withstand extreme conditions (high heat, pressurized water, steam, etc.).

  4. Avatar Anonymous 6th February 2013 @ 12:58 pm
    Reply

    Has there been any LTE
    Has there been any LTE devises that meet the Military Standard TIA-603? If yes, please provide make and model. I would like to incorporate these devices spec in RFP?
    Much Appreciated!!

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