Article Top 5 stories: Week of Sept. 21-25 1st October 2015 Here’s a look at the most popular stories on IWCE ’s Urgent Communications from last week.
Commentary FirstNet is sending out an invite (RFP). Will anyone come? 29th September 2015 By Andrew Seybold. FirstNet’s final request for proposal (RFP) needs to structured to be friendly to commercial partner(s), because this public-safety broadband network is not a traditional federal acquisition. If FirstNet releases a request for proposal (RFP) that follows the draft RFP template, it is running a high risk of not being able to meet the mandate established by Congress.
Commentary Preventing a devastating, OPM-like hack of FirstNet 25th September 2015 By Patrick Flynn. FirstNet is poised to be a game changer in the public-safety communities, but we can’t lose sight of the importance of applying the appropriate security architecture to the overall network design.
Commentary Learn about communications during the Pope’s visit, how states are meeting FirstNet’s data-collection deadline during webinar 24th September 2015 During next Wednesday’s eBriefing webinar, “Everything FirstNet, from Early Builders to State Consultations to RFP,” hear from two states that are working to delivery FirstNet’s data-collection information on Sept. 30 while they are coordinating security and communications associated with the travels of Pope Francis this week.
News Updated FirstNet Operational Architecture would make winning bidder responsible for most functions 24th September 2015 FirstNet’s winning partner—likely a team of commercial partners—would have ownership of more than 63% of the system functions, with public-safety entities being responsible primarily for user-management issues regarding devices and applications, according to FirstNet’s updated Operational Architecture document released earlier this month.
News LA-RICS nears finish line on public-safety LTE system deployment, on target for Sept. 30 deadline 22nd September 2015 The much-anticipated public-safety LTE network being deployed by the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) is on track to be completed by next week’s federal deadline, and the new system should be operational by the end of the year, according to an LA-RICS spokesman.
Article Top 5 stories: Week of Sept. 7-11 17th September 2015 Here’s a look at the most popular stories on IWCE’s Urgent Communications from last week.
News Where will FirstNet be next 9/11? 15th September 2015 As we observed the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedies last week, FirstNet officials were busy preparing for the release of a final RFP by the end of year. By the same time next year, we should know a lot more about the effort to build a nationwide broadband network for public safety—good or bad.
Commentary How to guarantee mission-critical multimedia for public-safety networks 10th September 2015 First responders will benefit from the situational awareness provided by real-time video and other multimedia applications, but it is important that public-safety agencies ensure that they design their networks properly to ensure that their networks have the appropriate capacity and reliability to be used in a mission-critical environment.
Article Top 5 stories: Week of Aug. 31- Sept. 4 8th September 2015 Here’s a look at the most popular stories on IWCE’s Urgent Communications from last week.
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