News Rural carriers interested in partnering with FirstNet, but urban/suburban opportunities appear limited, CCA’s Berry says 15th June 2015 FirstNet offers commercial-carrier partners a significant opportunity in rural America, but public safety’s needs in urban and suburban locations could be so great that there may not be much capacity left for commercial use on a secondary basis, according to a top official for the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA).
Video CCA: Steven Berry previews organization’s FirstNet webinar on June 12 11th June 2015 Steven Berry, president and CEO of the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA), discusses potential opportunities for his organization’s membership to partner with FirstNet in rural locations. On Friday, June 12, CCA will host a webinar about FirstNet.
Video Brocade: Heeseon Lim outlines the capabilities of the company’s virtual evolved-packet-core solution 11th June 2015 Heeseon Lim, Brocade’s director of systems architecture for mobile networking, explains how the company’s virtual core mobile (VCM) solution LTE network provider enjoy simpler operation, greater flexibility, improved reliability and better security than hardware-based evolved packet cores–all while lowering capital expenditures.
Commentary Opt-out scenarios from FirstNet appear increasingly tough for states, territories 9th June 2015 Many states and territories are exploring the opt-out alternative to being part of FirstNet, which would require them to build out the radio access network (RAN) in their jurisdictions. However, the risks associated with opt-out logistical issues, financial implications and potential political fallout may outweigh potential benefits to the governors making the decisions.
News International push expected to ensure that mission-critical PTT standard for LTE will be finalized in 2016 8th June 2015 A standard to deliver LTE mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) capability that includes greater functionality than today’s land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems should be completed by the fall of 2016 at the latest, according to a U.S. official participating in the public-safety LTE standards effort.
Video Elbit Systems: WideBridge software solution supports LMR/LTE convergence, location-based service, ad-hoc networking 6th June 2015 Gordon Kesting, vice president of homeland-security solutions for Elbit Systems of America, and Eli Ben-Yizhak, program manager for Elbit Systems, outline the features of the company’s WideBridge software solution, which enables LMR/LTE convergence, location-based service, ad-hoc networking.
News Top carriers may have reservations about participating in FirstNet bid, analyst says 28th May 2015 Many public-safety officials believe that commercial wireless carriers are logical partners for FirstNet in its effort to deploy and maintain a nationwide public-safety broadband network, but nationwide carriers may view the endeavor as too risky to participate, one analyst said during a webinar hosted by IWCE’s Urgent Communications.
News Rivada Networks CEO Ganley says spectrum should be leveraged, traditional public-safety communications model ‘dead’ 26th May 2015 Government entities should be allowed to leverage unused spectrum resources to help fund public-safety initiatives, which would make obsolete the traditional public-safety LMR deployment model—in which governments provide spectrum and pay millions of taxpayer dollars for networks—according to Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley.
Commentary Process for states’ opt-out opportunity complicates FirstNet business model 19th May 2015 FirstNet’s business model promises to be challenging, even under the best of circumstances. But will the processes surrounding the opt-out decision-making process by states and territories create even more problems?
News FirstNet sheds light on financial challenges during Industry Day event 15th May 2015 FirstNet is seeking partnerships that ensure the nationwide public-safety broadband network is financially sustainable in the long term and provides first responders with “the best price possible” for service, officials said during a meeting yesterday with attendees interested in responding to the FirstNet draft RFP.
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