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Verizon optimistic about position in the public-safety marketplace, company exec says

Verizon’s public-safety and public-sector business continues to grow, despite increased competition in the marketplace for government users from providers like FirstNet, built by AT&T, according to a Verizon executive. Mike Maiorana, senior vice president for Verizon’s public-sector unit, expressed optimism about the outlook for Verizon’s public-safety business, both in terms of present-day contracts and a […]

FirstNet Authority board approves FY 2020 budget with $145.1 million for reinvestment

FirstNet Authority board members yesterday unanimously approved the organization’s $309.3 million budget for fiscal year 2020, which includes $145.1 million for reinvestment into the FirstNet system—a figure bolstered by a one-time transfer of $46 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Board members approved the budget just two days after FirstNet Authority Chairman […]

FirstNet Authority set to unveil investment roadmap within weeks, officials say

BALTIMORE—By the end of this month, the FirstNet Authority hopes to release the initial roadmap outlining organizational priorities for investing potentially more than $15 billion into the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband system being built by AT&T, FirstNet Authority officials said yesterday. Jeremy Zollo, FirstNet Authority executive director for enterprise strategy, said that FirstNet Authority officials […]

Motorola Solutions bullish on video, control-center offerings, projects little revenue from FirstNet

Motorola Solutions’ recent purchases of companies in the video-security and command-center spaces are paying dividends, but being a partner on AT&T’s FirstNet team is not helping the company’s bottom line, Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown said yesterday. Brown highlighted the acquisitions—the most recent of which was a $271 million purchase of WatchGuard, a private vehicle-camera […]

Univ. of Colorado: Max Hollingsworth outlines public-safety benefits of mobile edge computing, heterogeneous networks

  Max Hollingsworth, a computer-science student at the University of Colorado, explains how software-driven mobile edge computing can help improve communication performance for first responders in the field and how leveraging heterogeneous broadband networks–for example, proposed CBRS systems operating in the 3.5 GHz band–can improve network resiliency and availability for public safety. Hollingsworth spoke with […]
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