Commentary FirstNet ‘public-safety entity’ definition should be broad, but prioritization policies must be clear 2nd December 2014 Will Congress will consider FirstNet a success, if police, fire and EMS are able to communicate fabulously throughout an incident, but their effectiveness was limited by the fact that they did not have robust, reliable communications with other key critical-infrastructure players involved in the response because of a narrow “public-safety entity” definition? I don’t think so.
Video Quintel Solutions: Keith Radousky discusses LTE antenna technology to enable FirstNet infrastructure sharing 28th November 2014 Keith Radousky, Quintel Solutions’ CTO for the Americas, explains how the company’s multi-port antenna systems can allow infrastructure sharing, such as a potential arrangement in which FirstNet shares site assets with a commercial carrier system.
Video Reverb Networks: CEO Zoran Kehler explains self-optimizing networks (SON), potential public-safety impact 24th November 2014 Reverb Networks CEO Zoran Kehler describes how LTE self-optimizing networks (SON) work and provides examples of potential benefits for a public-safety system like FirstNet. Kehler spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson at the recent LTE North America show in Dallas.
Commentary AWS-3 auction bidding bodes well for FirstNet’s short-term funding, long-term sustainability opportunities 24th November 2014 The recent success of the FCC’s AWS-3 spectrum auction means that FirstNet soon will receive the full funding that Congress anticipated. More important, the auction is an indication that there is sufficient market demand for FirstNet to be hopeful that it can forge partnership agreement that will ensure long-term sustainability for the public-safety broadband system.
Video 451 Research: Ken Rehbehn discusses benefits of active antennas in LTE networks 21st November 2014 Ken Rehbehn, principal mobile analyst at 451 Research, explains the pros and cons of LTE operators deploying active antennas–as well as their applicability in a public-safety broadband network like FirstNet–during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson at the LTE North America show in Dallas.
Video Netscout: John English highlights company’s network-management, user-experience capabilities for FirstNet 20th November 2014 John English, product line manager for NetScout, talks about the company’s ability to provide network-management information to an LTE operator like FirstNet, as well as user-experience data to subscribers to ensure that service-level-agreement (SLA) benchmarks are being met. English spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the LTE North America show in Dallas.
News AOptix: Amit Khetawat discusses company’s high-bandwidth backhaul capabilities to meet public-safety deployable needs 20th November 2014 Amit Khetawat, director of products for AOptix Technologies, talks about the ability for his company’s wireless backhaul technology–using a combination of free-space optics and millimeter-wave technologies–to deliver at least 2 GB/s backhaul throughput, even in situations that require quick setups times. Khetawat made the comments during a conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the LTE North America show in Dallas.
News Congressional subcommittee pushes for FirstNet timeline, more SWICs 20th November 2014 Members of Congress pressed FirstNet Acting General Manager TJ Kennedy for a projected timeframe regarding the state-consultation process during Tuesday’s U.S. House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on the progress of interoperable communications since the tragic events of 9/11.
Commentary Differences on ‘public-safety entity’ definition may be addressable by FirstNet 13th November 2014 In recent filings with FirstNet regarding the definition of a “public-safety entity” that would be eligible for priority-access consideration, commercial wireless carrier AT&T and utilities associations approach the matter very differently, but their final conclusions include a lot of similarities.
News Adams County equips first public-safety vehicle with Band 14 LTE 6th November 2014 As ADCOM911 in Adams County, Colo., nears the completed deployment of its public-safety LTE network using 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum leased from FirstNet, the county today announced that it has its first police car operating on the much-anticipated broadband communications system.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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