News Oklahoma, Missouri issue RFPs seeking vendors to build FirstNet RAN alternatives 25th July 2017 Oklahoma and Missouri issue requests for proposals (RFPs) designed to solicit bids to build and maintain the public-safety LTE radio access networks (RAN) in the respective states, if their governors decide to pursue the “opt-out” alternative to the proposed FirstNet buildout later this year.
News FirstNet, AT&T make commitments to Congress on volunteer pricing, devices, finances 21st July 2017 Volunteer public-safety officers subscribing to FirstNet in a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scenario will realize “significant” monthly savings when compared to a traditional commercial wireless offering, an AT&T official said during a Senate subcommittee hearing.
News AT&T exec shares capacity-based FirstNet Band 14 deployment plans with Congress 21st July 2017 AT&T will deploy infrastructure on the 20 MHz of 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum that is licensed to FirstNet only in geographic locations where the carrier giant determines it needs additional bandwidth capacity, an AT&T executive said during a Senate subcommittee hearing.
News AT&T, FirstNet officials shed light on near-term implementation efforts 18th July 2017 FirstNet and AT&T officials have long stated that public-safety agencies within “opt-in” states immediately can take advantage of priority access across the AT&T network, but even existing AT&T customers first need to subscribe to a FirstNet plan to realize the priority functionality, according to AT&T.
News Iowa becomes fifth state to announce FirstNet ‘opt-in’ decision 18th July 2017 Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announces that she has accepted the FirstNet deployment plan for her state, making Iowa the fifth state to “opt-in” to the plan for a nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN), which will be built, maintained and upgraded by AT&T during the next 25 years.
News Pennsylvania becomes ninth state to seek RAN bids as a FirstNet alternative 14th July 2017 Pennsylvania issues a request for proposal (RFP) seeking bids to build and maintain a statewide LTE radio access network (RAN) to serve public-safety users in the state, if its governor decides to pursue the “opt-out” alternative to accepting FirstNet’s deployment plan for the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
News Arkansas, Kentucky governors make FirstNet ‘opt-in’ decisions 13th July 2017 Governors for Arkansas and Kentucky announce that their states accept the FirstNet deployment plans, increasing the total of “opt-in” states to four for the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) that will be built and maintained by AT&T.
Commentary FirstNet opportunities—and challenges 13th July 2017 As states and territories make their “opt-in/opt-out” decisions regarding FirstNet, here are three key areas that should be considered.
News Wyoming governor makes FirstNet ‘opt-in’ announcement 12th July 2017 Wyoming announces that Gov. Matt Mead will accept the FirstNet’s deployment plan—to be executed by AT&T—making Wyoming the second state to express its intent to “opt-in” to the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) plan.
News Virginia becomes first state to “opt-in” to FirstNet system, ceremony slated for today 11th July 2017 Virginia became the first state to accept the FirstNet state plan that allows AT&T to proceed with the buildout of the 700 MHz nationwide public-safety broadband network within its borders after Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed the letter of intent yesterday.
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