Commentary FirstNet opportunities—and challenges 13th July 2017 As states and territories make their “opt-in/opt-out” decisions regarding FirstNet, here are three key areas that should be considered.
News Wyoming governor makes FirstNet ‘opt-in’ announcement 12th July 2017 Wyoming announces that Gov. Matt Mead will accept the FirstNet’s deployment plan—to be executed by AT&T—making Wyoming the second state to express its intent to “opt-in” to the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) plan.
News Virginia becomes first state to “opt-in” to FirstNet system, ceremony slated for today 11th July 2017 Virginia became the first state to accept the FirstNet state plan that allows AT&T to proceed with the buildout of the 700 MHz nationwide public-safety broadband network within its borders after Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed the letter of intent yesterday.
News AT&T has significant incentives to ‘get it right’ for public safety via FirstNet, company official says 11th July 2017 AT&T has multiple financial and long-term-business reasons to provide public-safety agencies with a solution they are willing to adopt as part of the carrier’s deal to serve as FirstNet’s nationwide partner for the next 25 years, a company official said yesterday.
News UK public-safety LTE network targeted for completion in 2020, with LMR providing early direct-mode solution 7th July 2017 First responders in the United Kingdom (UK) are slated to complete the communications transition from the Airwave TETRA system to the LTE-based Emergency Services Network (ESN) in 2020, although LMR technology likely will continue to be used when off-network voice communications are needed, according to a UK official.
News FirstNet officials reiterate MCPTT plans for March 2019, hope to accelerate firefighter-location solutions 29th June 2017 FirstNet staff present board members with a new roadmap for the organization that includes a technological commitment to support mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) technology across the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) by March 2019.
News Motorola Solutions’ new LTE handheld device certified by AT&T, is ‘FirstNet-ready’ 29th June 2017 Motorola Solutions announces the availability of the LEX F10, a durable public-safety LTE handheld device that has been certified by AT&T and is “FirstNet-ready,” supporting operation on FirstNet’s 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum and AT&T’s commercial spectrum bands, according to a Motorola Solutions official.
News Michigan chooses Rivada Networks as top ‘opt-out’ vendor alternative to FirstNet state plan 29th June 2017 An evaluation team for the state of Michigan selected Rivada Networks’ bid as the best submitted in response to a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a vendor to construct and maintain a public-safety LTE radio access network (RAN), if the state chooses to pursue the “opt-out” alternative to FirstNet’s state plan.
Commentary MythBusters: A FirstNet edition 27th June 2017 Many things are being said about FirstNet, but not all of them are entirely accurate. Here’s an attempt to clarify some potentially confusing statements that have been made about the much-anticipated nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
News AT&T exec says 5G deployments could ‘scale’ in 2019, discusses importance of FirstNet rollout 23rd June 2017 A decision by the 3GPP standards body could accelerate the potential standards-based, commercial 5G deployments by several months, with scaled 5G rollouts for fixed and mobile happening within two years, according to an AT&T executive.
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