American Tower: Company optimistic about wireless market, FirstNet 3rd April 2014 Tom Gramaglia, American Tower’s vice president of business development, discusses the healthy wireless market and the potential opportunities associated with the FirstNet initiative to provide broadband connectivity to public safety.
News FirstNet board members Dowd, Johnson share visions for broadband system 3rd April 2014 FirstNet board members Jeff Johnson and Charles Dowd express optimism about the organization and offer personal perspectives on many aspects of the proposed nationwide broadband network for public safety during a session at IWCE 2014.
News FirstNet names Gwinn as CIO 2nd April 2014 FirstNet names Jim Gwinn as the organization’s chief information officer (CIO), a role that calls for him to oversee the internal communications and support functions for FirstNet, according FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino.
Commentary IWCE panel reveals steep hill to climb for states choosing opt-out route 1st April 2014 IWCE panel details various steps involved in the FirstNet opt-in/opt-out decision that each governor will have to make, including some factors that may have been overlooked before.
NVIS Communications: How HF radio can provide a ‘safety net’ to FirstNet 31st March 2014 John Rosica, president of NVIS Communications and Barrett Communications Consulting, explains how HF communications has evolved in recent years and the potential for the technology to provide a communicaitons “safety net” to first responders when the FirstNet system is unavailable.
News IWCE panel: Preparation key to states making good opt-in/opt-out decision on FirstNet 31st March 2014 It’s too early for states and territories to choose whether to opt in to FirstNet or build a public-safety broadband network for itself, but officials for these jurisdictions should be conducting due diligence as quickly as possible, so they will be ready when the opt-in/opt-out decision has to be made, according to an IWCE panel on the subject.
News ‘We will deliver,’ FirstNet GM tells IWCE audience 27th March 2014 FirstNet will plan carefully and be transparent in its efforts to deploy a nationwide broadband system for first responders, and “we will deliver this network for public safety,” FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino said yesterday during the afternoon keynote session at IWCE 2014.
Harlin McEwen: LMR will remain public safety’s best choice for mission-critical voice in the near future 26th March 2014 Harlin McEwen, chairman of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) communications and technology committee, explains why first responders will continue to rely on LMR technologies–not the proposed FirstNet broadband system–for mission-critical voice in the near future during this interview with Jill Nolin of IWCE’s Urgent Communications.
Commentary American Tower makes its public-safety partnership case—and not just for FirstNet 26th March 2014 While working with commercial tower companies may be natural for an entity like FirstNet, American Tower officials insist that it also wants to work with public-safety entities today in an effort to help them generate revenue streams from existing assets that can help pay for needs today, including upgrades to LMR systems.
Covia Labs: CEO David Kahn outlines potential considerations to secure FirstNet applications 26th March 2014 Covia Labs CEO David Kahn examines some of the security challenges and solution options that FirstNet officials should consider to deploy and maintain a nationwide broadband network for first responders.
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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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