News Brazos County Sheriff Office becomes first public-safety agency in Texas to subscribe to FirstNet 26th January 2018 Officials for the Brazos County Sheriff Office announce that it is the first public-safety agency in Texas to subscribe to FirstNet services provided by AT&T, joining a handful of early adopters already using the much-anticipated nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
News AT&T unveils new branding for FirstNet products and services 23rd January 2018 FirstNet nationwide contractor AT&T launches a new visual brand that will be associated with FirstNet services and products, according to AT&T and FirstNet officials. FirstNet will continue to use its existing logo to designate organizational activities, as opposed to products and services that subscribers can buy.
News Verizon preemption service ‘available’ to public-safety customers but not necessarily ‘enabled’ 20th January 2018 Verizon has made preemptive access “available” across its network for public-safety customers and demonstrated that it works during this year’s Tournament of Roses Parade in California, but the preemption functionality is being “enabled” only on a limited basis in other parts of the country, according to a Verizon spokesperson.
News Northern Mariana Islands ‘opt-in’ decision gives FirstNet clean sweep of states and territories 19th January 2018 Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Ralph DeLeon Guerrero Torres announces that he has accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T, meaning all 56 states and territories in the U.S. have made an “opt-in” decision.
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.
Commentary Mobile analytics can help public safety optimize its FirstNet usage 4th January 2018 Mobile analytics have emerged as a better way to access a true picture of how first responders, mobile devices and applications are using bandwidth, allowing agencies to make smarter mobile deployment decisions.
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