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FirstNet, AT&T drop ‘draft state plan’ term, announce process for early ‘opt-in’ decisions

Governors will have an opportunity to accept the FirstNet state plan for deploying a public-safety broadband network within the borders as soon as this month, a FirstNet official announces at the organization’s meeting of state points of contact (SPOCs) in the Dallas area.

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FCC proposes FirstNet opt-out review process for consideration at June 22 meeting

States and territories pursuing the “opt-out” alternative would need to complete an FCC review process that the agency hopes to complete in 90 days, following a 60-day period that is designed to give states and territories time to prepare alternative plans, according to the FCC proposal that is scheduled for consideration at the June 22 commission meeting.

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Radvisory 5G: Keith Radousky discusses alternative strategies for densification of wireless sites

Keith Radousky, president of Radvisory 5G, outlines how myriad technologies can be leveraged to provide broadband wireless connectivity via cell sites in nontraditional locations, such as on the rooftops of low-rise buildings.

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FirstNet draft state plans expected to be delivered around June 19, AT&T exec says

FirstNet plans to deliver draft state plans depicting the public-safety LTE deployment plans for each U.S. state and territory as part of contractor AT&T’s nationwide Band 14 700 MHz buildout on June 19, “give or take a day,” an AT&T executive says during a conference.

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EJL Wireless Research: Earl Lum discusses the future of in-building coverage for public-safety communications

Earl Lum, president of EJL Wireless Research, outlines some of the challenges facing vendors, governments and building owners as they try to support public safety’s in-building communications needs for LMR and LTE systems.

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Hytera Communications completes acquisition of Sepura

China-based Hytera Communications announces that it completed the acquisition of the Sepura Group, ending the months-long saga for the $92 million all-cash purchase of the United Kingdom (UK)-based provider of TETRA products and solutions.

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Massachusetts seeks bidders for potential public-safety RAN alternative to nationwide FirstNet system

Massachusetts issues a request for response (RFR) that seeks input from vendors willing to build and maintain a statewide public-safety LTE radio access network (RAN), making it the seventh state to initiate a procurement designed to provide an “opt-out” alternative to the nationwide FirstNet deployment.

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Huawei: Nermin Mohamed outlines how SDN and NFV can benefit public-safety communications

Nermin Mohamed, Huawei’s vice president of solutions and marketing, explains how the use of software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) within modern-day broadband wireless system can enhance functionality, provisioning and reliability on mission-critical networks.

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AT&T CEO expects accelerated FirstNet buildout, promises hardening, ‘ruthless preemption’ for public safety

AT&T expects to deploy the Band 14 FirstNet public-safety LTE network “much quicker” than the five-year schedule included in the request for proposals (RFP), and first-responder subscribers will have “ruthless preemption” access rights on the system, according to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson.

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EJL Wireless Research: Earl Lum outlines some key deployment decisions for AT&T, FirstNet

Earl Lum, president of EJL Wireless Research, highlights some key differences between LMR designs and the LTE architecture that AT&T will deploy for FirstNet during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson at 5G North America in Austin.

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FirstNet, AT&T drop ‘draft state plan’ term, announce process for early ‘opt-in’ decisions

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FCC proposes FirstNet opt-out review process for consideration at June 22 meeting

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Radvisory 5G: Keith Radousky discusses alternative strategies for densification of wireless sites

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FirstNet draft state plans expected to be delivered around June 19, AT&T exec says

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EJL Wireless Research: Earl Lum discusses the future of in-building coverage for public-safety communications

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Hytera Communications completes acquisition of Sepura

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Massachusetts seeks bidders for potential public-safety RAN alternative to nationwide FirstNet system

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Huawei: Nermin Mohamed outlines how SDN and NFV can benefit public-safety communications

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AT&T CEO expects accelerated FirstNet buildout, promises hardening, ‘ruthless preemption’ for public safety

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EJL Wireless Research: Earl Lum outlines some key deployment decisions for AT&T, FirstNet

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