News AT&T has significant incentives to ‘get it right’ for public safety via FirstNet, company official says 11th July 2017 AT&T has multiple financial and long-term-business reasons to provide public-safety agencies with a solution they are willing to adopt as part of the carrier’s deal to serve as FirstNet’s nationwide partner for the next 25 years, a company official said yesterday.
News UK public-safety LTE network targeted for completion in 2020, with LMR providing early direct-mode solution 7th July 2017 First responders in the United Kingdom (UK) are slated to complete the communications transition from the Airwave TETRA system to the LTE-based Emergency Services Network (ESN) in 2020, although LMR technology likely will continue to be used when off-network voice communications are needed, according to a UK official.
News FirstNet officials reiterate MCPTT plans for March 2019, hope to accelerate firefighter-location solutions 29th June 2017 FirstNet staff present board members with a new roadmap for the organization that includes a technological commitment to support mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) technology across the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) by March 2019.
News Motorola Solutions’ new LTE handheld device certified by AT&T, is ‘FirstNet-ready’ 29th June 2017 Motorola Solutions announces the availability of the LEX F10, a durable public-safety LTE handheld device that has been certified by AT&T and is “FirstNet-ready,” supporting operation on FirstNet’s 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum and AT&T’s commercial spectrum bands, according to a Motorola Solutions official.
News Michigan chooses Rivada Networks as top ‘opt-out’ vendor alternative to FirstNet state plan 29th June 2017 An evaluation team for the state of Michigan selected Rivada Networks’ bid as the best submitted in response to a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a vendor to construct and maintain a public-safety LTE radio access network (RAN), if the state chooses to pursue the “opt-out” alternative to FirstNet’s state plan.
Commentary MythBusters: A FirstNet edition 27th June 2017 Many things are being said about FirstNet, but not all of them are entirely accurate. Here’s an attempt to clarify some potentially confusing statements that have been made about the much-anticipated nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
News AT&T exec says 5G deployments could ‘scale’ in 2019, discusses importance of FirstNet rollout 23rd June 2017 A decision by the 3GPP standards body could accelerate the potential standards-based, commercial 5G deployments by several months, with scaled 5G rollouts for fixed and mobile happening within two years, according to an AT&T executive.
News FCC approves order outlining criteria for review of FirstNet opt-out applications 22nd June 2017 FCC commissioners unanimously approve a report and order that outlines the criteria that will be used by the agency in its interoperability review of applications by states choosing to pursue the “opt-out” alternative to FirstNet and nationwide contractor AT&T building the LTE radio access network (RAN) within their borders.
Video PSCR: Fidel Liberal explains how mission-critical open platform can bolster development of public-safety solutions 22nd June 2017 Fidel Liberal, an assistant professor at the University of Basque Country in Spain, describes the planned mission-critical open platform—usable by any developer wanting to build public-safety LTE solutions—that will be established with a $1.259 million research program grant from the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
News FirstNet, AT&T release state plans, governors to make ‘opt-in/opt-out’ decisions by mid-December 19th June 2017 Public-safety organizations in certain states could begin using a prioritized FirstNet service on AT&T’s commercial network very soon, if their governors decide to accept the initial state plans delivered today by FirstNet that outline the deployment of the much-anticipated nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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