Verizon commits to building dedicated public-safety LTE core network in 2018
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Verizon commits to building dedicated public-safety LTE core network in 2018
“We see it as a complement to what FirstNet is doing,” he said.” It doesn’t require a state to opt out of FirstNet; it doesn’t require a use of any federal funds; and it doesn’t require states to make their own investments in network.”
Many in the public-safety industry have indicated that they would like to see a competitive alternative to FirstNet for mission-critical broadband. FirstNet CTO Jeff Bratcher said today that “competition is always great” and that basic interoperability between FirstNet and other LTE networks should not be a problem, but he also emphasized that FirstNet is designed to be different from commercial offerings.
“If you are not on a FirstNet subscription, you will not have the same capabilities as the public-safety users on FirstNet—we need to be clear about that,” Bratcher said during the “FirstNet Town Hall” session at APCO 2017.
Maiorana said that Verizon would be open to the idea of developing interoperability between Verizon’s dedicated public-safety core and FirstNet’s dedicated public-safety core operated by AT&T.
Early in the week, Maiorana said that only “very limited conversations” about interoperability had occurred between FirstNet officials and Verizon. When asked whether Verizon representatives had spoken more with FirstNet about interoperability, Maiorana declined to comment but said, “We see a meaningful opportunity to work with FirstNet to accelerate their mission to serve public safety nationwide.”
That my friends is what you
That my friends is what you call the knife twist and pull out for no-net. Done, over, finito. See the knife came out and was stuck into the heart of no-net once the idea was hatched, a true boondoggle from square one. Verizon just finished them off and is going to let no-net bleed out.
This was a commercial carrier solution from the get go, with zero reason to evolve the way it did. Verizon will have this up and running even before ATT figures out how to rip off their first customer.
Building a public safety core
Building a public safety core makes no sense. Opt-out states are supposed to build a RADIO network that interfaces to Firstnet’s core and not use a separate core network. This is the best way to ensure interoperability between opt-out and opt-in states so a separate Verizon public safety core makes no sense to me.
I am not sure who will be the
I am not sure who will be the customers of Verizon Public Safety core. Since opt out states have to use FirstNet core (themselves providing the RAN only from folks like Rivada), where does the VZ core fit in ? Is VZ trying to change the AT&T deal to allow third parties (VZ in this case) to provide the core (opt out states) as long as they it interoperates with FirstNet core.
I would like to hear the Verizon business case.
Maybe having multiple carrier
Maybe having multiple carrier networks offer Firstnet solutions, is the way Firstnet should have been created in the first place, rather than awarding a single bidder the whole country. Such a diverse solution could provide much needed competition and innovation-providing better services and coverage for less cost. Then each state could then be periodically rebid to provide the best contract. P25 was created to foster competition and cost control. Why is that not good for Firstnet
Since Verizon is coming on
Since Verizon is coming on strong, AT&T should be required to make all of the necessary technical info available, so that Verizon or whoever else, can offer a service that is seamlessly compatible with them. If not, we may end up with different network offerings trying to wipe each other out. That happened with AM Stereo! Now there is no AM Stereo!
Opt in, opt out, it doesn’t
Opt in, opt out, it doesn’t make a difference. Verizon will have this built, and operational before ATT even figures out how it is supposed to all work. Here is the kicker, Verizon is going to make it cheap for public safety, so cheap that it’s going kick no-net square in the pants. Face it, Verizon has the best coverage and largest foot print, and their stuff works well. This my friend was a well played game of chess on verizons part.
From global perspective it is
From global perspective it is very encouraging to see major commercial operators’ interest in critical communications market and willingness to recognise the requirements for high availability in critical data services.
Also in general competition in all markets is very good, however, at the same time it is very important to ensure multiagency interoperability also in cases some users work in one network and some in other. Further, mutual-aid in terms of national roaming is worth considering should there be a malfunction in one of the service. After all the goal is ensure first responders safety and security and equip them with purpose fulfilling tools to perform in their duty.
Almost 5,900 days after 9-11,
Almost 5,900 days after 9-11, the carriers finally have acted. Shame on everyone involved.