News Federal lawmakers highlight FirstNet’s cybersecurity needs during hearing 7th February 2016 FirstNet should take measures to ensure that its nationwide public-safety broadband network is not victimized by the kind of data breaches and cyberattacks that have plagued other federal-government entities, several members of a House subcommittee said during a hearing.
Commentary Should Congress create a FirstNet-like entity to tackle next-generation 911? 4th February 2016 Deploying next-generation 911 should be a national priority, but no entity currently is positioned properly to ensure that it happens nationwide. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler says Congress should address the matter, but how?
News FCC will release its review guidelines for FirstNet opt-out states by Q2 2017, official tells Congress 3rd February 2016 States and territories considering the pursuit of the FirstNet opt-out alternative will know how the FCC will review opt-out proposals to deploy the radio access network (RAN) within their jurisdictions by the time state plans are delivered during the second quarter of 2017, an FCC official told Congress.
News FCC official addresses T-Band issue during hearing before Congress 2nd February 2016 Public-safety agencies depending on LMR communications systems operating on T-Band spectrum should experience “no loss of service—no loss of continuity” as a result of a federal mandate that requires public-safety licensees to clear the airwaves in five years, an FCC official said in testimony before Congress.
Commentary Want to keep track of FirstNet’s progress? Here are some key dates, milestones to remember 28th January 2016 When is FirstNet going to be built and provide the kind of reliable broadband services that the public-safety community has been seeking for the past decade? Here’s one projection, based on FirstNet’s RFP, current law and target deadlines for the key LTE standards body.
News Wireless carriers are key to successful FirstNet RFP bid. Which are interested? 21st January 2016 A wireless carrier may not be the prime contractor for FirstNet, but the general consensus is that a carrier (or multiple carriers) will have to be part of any winning proposal to build and operate the nationwide public-safety broadband network. Which carriers might be interested, and why?
Program finalized for IWCE’s Network Infrastructure Forum; advanced registration ends next week 21st January 2016 New at IWCE 2016 is the Network Infrastructure Forum, hosted by IWCE and AGL Media Group, which will feature a content-rich program that examines hot topics in the space, from towers to small cells and in-building solutions. But register before Jan. 29 to take advantage of discounted pricing.
News FirstNet outlines four phases of RFP evaluation process during webinar 20th January 2016 Bidders responding to the FirstNet request for proposal (RFP) that was released that week will need to complete a four-phase process to be selected to build and operate the proposed nationwide public-safety broadband network, officials representing FirstNet said during a recent webinar on the topic.
News Caribbean countries prepare to build public-safety LTE networks on spectrum aligned with FirstNet in U.S. 19th January 2016 While FirstNet’s RFP release may be the focus of the public-safety communications arena, many countries in the Caribbean also are preparing for the development of first-responder LTE networks, according to an official for Neptune Mobile, which hopes to deploy the systems throughout the region.
News FirstNet RFP outlines financial penalties for contractor, if public-safety adoption targets are missed 15th January 2016 If at least 70% of the targeted public-safety users do not subscribe to the FirstNet system in a given year upon its operational completion, the FirstNet contractor could pay more than $100 million in financial penalties and risk losing control of certain business functions, according to the FirstNet request for proposal (RFP).
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