Tag: Legislation

FirstNet ‘public-safety entity’ definition should be broad, but prioritization policies must be clear

Will Congress will consider FirstNet a success, if police, fire and EMS are able to communicate fabulously throughout an incident, but their effectiveness was limited by the fact that they did not have robust, reliable communications with other key critical-infrastructure players involved in the response because of a narrow “public-safety entity” definition? I don’t think so.
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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