News AT&T touts FirstNet buildout, subscriber growth during quarterly earnings call 27th April 2018 Almost 650 public-safety agencies in 48 states and territories have subscribed to FirstNet and deployment of infrastructure to support communications on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum has begun in earnest, according to AT&T Chief Financial Officer John Stephens.
Video Minnesota PSCC: Red Grasso, Ed Mills discuss changing relationship between states and FirstNet 26th April 2018 Red Grasso of North Carolina (left) and Ed Mills of Colorado explain how state obligations to be vendor-neutral about public-safety broadband providers have caused their roles to change since FirstNet named AT&T as its nationwide contractor a year ago.
News Officials for AT&T, Nokia outline capabilities of upcoming MCPTT-compliant solutions 20th April 2018 Voice services meeting the mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard developed by 3GPP—the body that oversees LTE development—will provide greater voice quality, performance and reliability than any push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) offering available on the market today, according to officials from AT&T and Nokia.
News AT&T inks new site-lease deal with Crown Castle, cites benefits for FirstNet, 5G deployments 18th April 2018 AT&T announces that it has signed an agreement with Crown Castle—one of the leading tower companies in the U.S.—that will “streamline” deployment on thousands of existing and new sites to accelerate the carrier’s efforts to build FirstNet and 5G systems.
News NIST releases initial list of 17 devices certified for use on FirstNet system 12th April 2018 Devices from Apple, Samsung, Sonim Technologies and Netgear are on the initial list of certified devices that public-safety users can use on the FirstNet broadband system being deployed by AT&T, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
News Most expect eventual public-safety transition to MCPTT over LTE, but timing remains in doubt 10th April 2018 First responders are expected to begin utilizing mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT)-standard services over FirstNet and other LTE networks late this year, but industry representatives have myriad opinions about when MCPTT might supplant land-mobile-radio (LMR) as the solution for mission-critical voice communications.
News Samsung official shares company’s vision for public-safety communications in U.S. 6th April 2018 First responders may utilize the computing power of a smartphone throughout the workday—in the field, in a vehicle, and in the station/office—to complete myriad tasks requiring connectivity in the foreseeable future, according to a Samsung official helping lead the company’s U.S. public-safety initiatives.
News Cradlepoint evolves LTE router portfolio, management capability 4th April 2018 Cradlepoint continues to enhance its LTE wireless-router portfolio while providing a cloud-based NetCloud network-management solution that can make it much easier for public-safety agencies to maintain and monitor their broadband connections, according to company officials.
News Public-safety communications veterans launch FirstNet Association 3rd April 2018 Longtime public-safety communications representatives announce the creation of the FirstNet Association, an organization that founders hope will provide a platform for end users and vendors to discuss issues associated with the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
Commentary Even in its first year, FirstNet-AT&T partnership has a significant impact on public-safety communications 30th March 2018 It has only been a year since AT&T was awarded with the nationwide FirstNet contract. For public safety, progress on the FirstNet LTE system is moving much faster than expected, driven largely by the decision to provide priority and preemption across all of AT&T’s commercial spectrum.
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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