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Not-yet-available push-to-talk LTE devices that are being evaluated in the FirstNet Authority laboratory should please public-safety users and are “getting very, very close” to the type of solutions first responders would want to replace land-mobile-radio (LMR) handsets, a FirstNet Authority board member said today. Neil Cox, chairman of the FirstNet Authority board’s Network and Technology […]

U.S. Department of Commerce veteran Lisa Casias was announced as the new Deputy CEO for the FirstNet Authority during yesterday’s open meeting of the organization’s board members. FirstNet Authority board Chairman Ed Horowitz introduced Casias as a “recent addition to our leadership team,” noting that she comes to the FirstNet Authority from the U.S. Department […]

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Public-safety users will have to wait until the first quarter of next year to experience push-to-talk service compliant with the mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard on the FirstNet system, according to AT&T, the contractor tasked with building and maintaining the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN). AT&T yesterday provided the push-to-talk update as part of a press release […]