Commentary FirstNet’s availability should ‘raise all boats,’ drive public-safety innovation, competition 16th January 2018 If the goal is truly to provide the best communications networks and products for public safety, the focus should be on building the best solutions.
Commentary With opt-in decisions in the rearview mirror, it’s time for public safety to do its homework 12th January 2018 Now that all 50 states and most territories have made their “opt-in” decisions to accept the deployment plans from FirstNet and AT&T, it is time for the real work to begin.
News Public-safety representatives contest recent Verizon claims about its first-responder offerings 10th January 2018 Recent statements attributed to Verizon in the media that the carrier’s broadband service is the only public-safety-grade LTE network and that its planned public-safety LTE core network may be interoperable with the FirstNet system “suggest things that are simply not there,” according to a presentation to the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC).
News American Samoa makes FirstNet ‘opt-in’ announcement, leaving one territory to make decision 10th January 2018 American Samoa Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga announces that he has accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T, making American Samoa the second Pacific territory to “opt in” to the FirstNet system.
Commentary What just happened? A review of key factors considered during the FirstNet ‘opt-in/opt-out’ decision period 5th January 2018 All states made their “opt-in” decisions for FirstNet by the Dec. 28 deadline given to governors. Although the final choices were all the same, states took many different paths and considered a wide variety of factors in making their FirstNet decisions.
News Guam becomes first Pacific territory to make FirstNet ‘opt-in’ announcement 4th January 2018 Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo announces that he has accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T, making Guam the first Pacific territory to “opt in” to the FirstNet system.
News ‘Opt-in’ decisions give public safety in all states the option of using FirstNet immediately 2nd January 2018 Public-safety agencies and personnel in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are eligible to subscribe to FirstNet broadband services from AT&T after all governors facing the Dec. 28 deadline made “opt-in” decisions to accept the FirstNet deployment for their states and territories.
News It’s unanimous: California makes FirstNet ‘opt-in’ decision but expresses reservations 29th December 2017 Despite expressing some concerns, California Gov. Jerry Brown announces that he accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T, meaning all 50 states and three territories facing today’s deadline made an “opt-in” decision for FirstNet.
News All eyes on California as Florida makes FirstNet ‘opt-in’ announcement, New Hampshire reverses ‘opt-out’ plans 28th December 2017 New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and Florida Gov. Rick Scott announce that accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T on behalf of their states, meaning California is the only state that has not made an “opt-in” announcement by today’s deadline.
News New York becomes 47th state to make FirstNet ‘opt-in’ announcement 28th December 2017 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces that he has accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T on behalf of his state, making New York the 47th state—not including three territories—to “opt-in” to the FirstNet system by today’s deadline.
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