Public-Safety Broadband/FirstNet

News

FirstNet approves expanded budget, new leadership structure

Authorized spending would increase to $20 miliion for FY2013, and paid staff will be hired; general manager Bill D’Agostino hopes to have his “leadership team” in place by September.

News

FirstNet completes first half of regional meetings

Meetings have been well attended, and have been “really informative in both directions,” said FirstNet board member Jeff Johnson.

News

NYC evaluating responses to broadband RFI

Dowd says exercise isn’t an indicator that city wants to do something separate from the nationwide public safety broadband network being built by FirstNet.

Article

The current state of 911: Good, bad and ugly

A pessimist might look at the current state of the 911 sector and say that the future is cloudy, while an optimist might say that the future is bright. Oddly, both may be correct.