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AWS-3 auction bidding bodes well for FirstNet’s short-term funding, long-term sustainability opportunities

The recent success of the FCC’s AWS-3 spectrum auction means that FirstNet soon will receive the full funding that Congress anticipated. More important, the auction is an indication that there is sufficient market demand for FirstNet to be hopeful that it can forge partnership agreement that will ensure long-term sustainability for the public-safety broadband system.
FCC approves rules to ensure 911 reliability, but dissenters worry about ‘federal takeover’ of emergency-calling system

FCC approves rules to ensure 911 reliability, but dissenters worry about ‘federal takeover’ of emergency-calling system

FCC commissioners vote to propose measures designed to increase accountability and communication among service providers as 911 call centers transition to IP-based technologies, but a Republican dissenter calls the action a regulatory “federal takeover” of the emergency-calling system that traditionally has been overseen at state and local levels.

Beyond asset management: Critical real-time information improves public safety

Public-safety agencies have unique “human asset” management needs, because it encounters scenarios that are much more time-sensitive and life-critical than those in the enterprise sector. For example, knowing where and when a police officer leaves his patrol car and whether he took his assault rifle with him isn’t sufficient. Only by knowing what’s transpiring in real time can backup support be dispatched, even if an officer is prevented from calling in on his voice radio.
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