Commentary Upcoming webinar promises to provide insights on FirstNet-state relationships 17th July 2014 Looking for the latest information about FirstNet and key state initiatives? Join us on Wednesday, July 23, for a “State of the States” webinar to gain insights on key topics from representatives from FirstNet, states and a local-government entity.
News House Democrats call for investigation of anti-competitive allegations against Motorola Solutions 16th July 2014 Three key House Democrats ask U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) John Roth to investigate allegations that Motorola Solutions won multiple contracts for public-safety LMR systems funded with federal grants that were not bid competitively or did not promote interoperability with other vendors.
Commentary FCC broadband initiatives for schools, rural areas could impact future public-safety strategies 14th July 2014 FCC commissioners have approved items designed to bring broadband to underserved rural areas, as well as to the nation’s schools and libraries. On the surface, neither of these initiatives have anything to do with public safety, but they could have significant impact in some key areas that have been troubling first-responder communications for years.
ITEC: Walt Magnussen highlights potential synergies between next-gen 911 and public-safety LTE 11th July 2014 Walt Magnussen, director of the Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC), outlines the potential benefits of next-generation 911 and public-safety LTE working in concert, as well as some of the challenges to making the vision a reality.
Commentary FirstNet faces monumental challenge as state consultations get set to begin 10th July 2014 To date, FirstNet has done a good job of keeping all of its options available by not making any commitments regarding its business plan or network design. But some key decisions in at least one of these areas will be needed to make significant progress on the other.
ITEC: Walt Magnussen discusses research for next-gen 911, public-safety LTE 9th July 2014 Walt Magnussen, director of the Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center, talks about the research that has been conducted for next-generation 911 and public-safety LTE at the facility,
News Court rules that federal government owns Fitzgerald e-mails about FirstNet; appeal ‘highly unlikely’ 7th July 2014 FirstNet-related emails from Paul Fitzgerald—a FirstNet board member and the elected sheriff of Story County, Iowa—that were sent and received from his Story County e-mail account are the property of federal government and cannot be released to the public by the county, according to a federal court ruling.
Infographic Poll results: How would you assess the FirstNet term of Sam Ginn? 3rd July 2014 In our June poll, we asked you to assess the term of Sam Ginn, who is stepping down from his role as FirstNet chairman. Here are the results.
News FirstNet to begin first state-consultation meeting on July 31 1st July 2014 FirstNet is scheduled to conduct its first formal in-person, state-consultation meeting regarding a public-safety broadband network when it convenes with representatives from the state of Maryland beginning on July 31.
Video Motorola Solutions: Ryan Seick demonstrates prioritization scenarios for public-safety LTE 27th June 2014 Ryan Seick, Motorola Solutions’ product manager and lead applications manager for public-safety devices, demonstrates how the company’s priority-services manager platform allows dynamic reallocation of broadband resources to address bandwidth challenges in a series of potential incident scenarios.
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
Video Check out key takeaways from Disaster Management Symposium webinars, register to view archives Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023 Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The sky’s the limit
