Commentary FirstNet’s Ginn has quite a mess on his hands 25th April 2013 In the wake of FirstNet board member Paul Fitzgerald’s allegations against fellow board members, Chairman Sam Ginn needs to keep his promise to pursue a prompt investigation, because it’s likely that Congress will be monitoring the situation closely.
News FirstNet announces D’Agostino as general manager 23rd April 2013 Former Verizon Wireless executive has more than three decades of telecommunications experience, and an “enormous amount of passion” for public safety.
Commentary Boston bombings raise sharing questions for FirstNet 22nd April 2013 Network-congestion issues during the aftermath of the Boston bombings should spur FirstNet members to ask some hard questions before agreeing to potential sharing arrangements with commercial operators.
News FirstNet’s Swenson: Public-safety BTOP projects may get answers next month 18th April 2013 Spectrum-lease negotiations are going “quite well,” and should be wrapped up within the established 90-day period.
Article Public safety needs data and application interoperability 18th April 2013 The time for FirstNet to foster such interoperability is now, as it begins designing its nationwide broadband network for first responders.
Commentary Is your existing public-safety LMR network your last? 16th April 2013 According to one expert, public-safety-grade LTE is going to supplant traditional first-responder communications a lot sooner than many people think.
News All states apply for NTIA funds for FirstNet planning 8th April 2013 First-phase funding can be used to establish governance, hire personnel and educate users about the deployment and operation of the planned broadband network for first responders.
News FirstNet, BTOP recipients take negotiation steps 4th April 2013 All seven jursdictions combine on proposed spectrum lease agreement that represents “consensus on almost all of the terms and conditions.”
Commentary FirstNet chairman sets the bar very high 2nd April 2013 Ginn should be applauded for setting high standards, but are his parameters for public safety’s broadband communications network reachable?
Commentary Remember, FirstNet is just beginning 28th March 2013 Some state and local officials have chosen to criticize FirstNet, even though the board has been in place for only about six months. Many seem to have forgotten that it took us three years to get Congress to pass this law, and that this will be the single largest public-safety technology project ever.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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