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Public-safety groups disagree on ‘public-safety entity’ definition, including utility usage of FirstNet

Public-safety groups disagree on ‘public-safety entity’ definition, including utility usage of FirstNet

Two key public-safety communications organizations—the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and the National Public-Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC)—express opposing views on the subject of whether critical-infrastructure entities such as utilities should be considered public-safety entities that could be eligible for priority access to the 700 MHz broadband system being built by FirstNet.

Multistate 911 outage could lead to changes in emergency-calling regulations, operations

After a state regulator acknowledged that IP-based components of 911 are “interstate in nature,” it appears that table is set for the FCC and other federal-government agencies to take a more active role in the evolution to next-generation 911. Whether that comes in the form of regulation, legislation and/or funding remains to be seen, but it is likely that the current 911 landscape–particularly the relationship between carriers and third-party 911 vendors–will change in the near future.
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