News NTIA does not release state funding levels, pushing 90-day FirstNet ‘opt-in/opt-out’ deadline deeper into December 22nd September 2017 Most governors will have at least until Dec. 21 to decide whether their states and territories will “opt-in” to FirstNet or pursue the “opt-out” option after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) yesterday failed to provide key funding information that would apply to an “opt-out” state.
News ESChat works with EF Johnson to provide push-to-talk-over-cellular functionality for DFW Airport 20th September 2017 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport personnel will be able to utilize the ESChat push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) solution to communicate with other PoC users and subscribers on the EF Johnson-built P25 network, according to ESChat President Josh Lober.
News Texas becomes largest state to make FirstNet ‘opt-in’ decision 19th September 2017 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces that he has accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T on behalf of his state, making Texas the 21st state—not including two territories—to “opt-in” to the FirstNet system.
News Idaho becomes 20th state to “opt-in” to FirstNet 19th September 2017 Idaho Gov. Butch Otter announces that he has accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T on behalf of his state, making Idaho the 20th U.S. state—not including two territories—to “opt-in” to the FirstNet system.
News FirstNet will hold ‘opt-out’ states accountable to meeting network policies for 25 years, officials say 19th September 2017 States and territories that seek to “opt-out” of FirstNet and build the public-safety LTE radio access network (RAN) within their borders must clear multiple statutory hurdles and be prepared for FirstNet’s ongoing oversight of its RAN operations for the next 25 years, according to FirstNet officials.
News Maryland becomes 19th state to ‘opt in’ to FirstNet 18th September 2017 Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces that he has accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T on behalf of his state, making Maryland the 19th U.S. state—not including two territories—to “opt-in” to the FirstNet system.
News Verizon exec shares carrier’s FirstNet interop goals, Band 14 device plans, why it did not bid against AT&T 15th September 2017 Verizon hopes its planned public-safety network and applications will interoperate with the FirstNet system—even committing to including FirstNet 700 MHz Band 14 operations in Verizon devices—to give public safety a competitive option, but the carrier has yet to begin formal discussions with FirstNet, according to a Verizon official.
Commentary FirstNet is delivering more than we imagined 14th September 2017 When Congress established FirstNet in 2012, many officials were worried that it charged with executing a big task with too few resources for a government agency to deliver. However, it now appears that FirstNet is delivering more than most imagined was possible.
News FirstNet to release ‘official’ state plans next week to most states, territories 14th September 2017 FirstNet will distribute its final state plans—described as “official” state plans—next week to governors in most states and territories, which will start the statutory 90-day process for these governors to make “opt-in” or “opt-out” decisions by mid-December, a FirstNet official said yesterday.
News Track the FirstNet ‘opt-in/opt-out’ progress of all 50 states and 6 territories with this map 13th September 2017 What is the status of states and territories as their governors make “opt-in” or “opt-out” decisions about FirstNet? Check out this map to get the updated information.
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