Rivada Networks’ Declan Ganley: ‘Eager’ to demonstrate viability of dynamic spectrum arbitrage 24th February 2014 Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley discusses the company’s willingness to demonstrate that its dynamic spectrum arbitrage/tier priority accesss (DSA/TPA) will work as advertised for both public safety and the commercial operators bidding on the excess bandwidth capacity.
News LA-RICS board delays consideration of Motorola Solutions LTE contract 24th February 2014 Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority (LA-RICS) board members delay vote on a contract with Motorola Solutions to review the proposed funding plan for the project. LA-RICS is expected to reconsidering the proposal to construct a public-safety LTE network for the region on March 6.
Commentary FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino: We need to hear from you 21st February 2014 FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino reflects on the two-year anniversary of Congress passing the legislation that created FirstNet, which is charged with building and maintaining a nationwide broadband network dedicated to public safety.
Commentary FirstNet turns to InfoVista for network-planning tool 18th February 2014 FirstNet has not made many commitments to vendors, but officials for the organization have confirmed that they are using the Mentum Planet product InfoVista as a software solution to help plan the network.
Article Head’s up, FirstNet–Here comes wearable technology 12th February 2014 Lots of information can be exchanged between first responders and command, but it cannot disrupt execution of the core mission. Guest author Edmond Vea examines how emerging “head’s up” and wearable technologies potentially can meet these goals and serve as vital components of the FirstNet system.
Commentary With the right apps, broadband will make a difference to fire sector 11th February 2014 Some have argued that broadband will not have significant value to the firefighting community, but the development of applications designed to improve response efficiency are encouraging indicators that the fire sector will benefit from high-speed connectivity.
News FirstNet begins webinar series with state points of contact 10th February 2014 FirstNet officials recently conducted the first in its series of quarterly webinars with designated state points of contacts (SPOCs) that are designed to ensure that each of the 56 states and territories have up-to-date information about the plans to deploy a much-anticipated nationwide broadband network for first responders.
Video Rivada Networks’ Declan Ganley: Competitive impact of dynamic spectrum arbitrage in U.S., abroad 7th February 2014 Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley predicts the impact that dynamic spectrum arbitrage could have on wireless operators in the United States and throughout the world during this interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson. (Part 6 of video series)
Commentary FCC broadband initiatives could benefit public safety 6th February 2014 FCC efforts to revamp the Universal Service Fund and E-rate programs to reflect a broadband focus may not seem to have anything to do with public-safety communications and FirstNet, but their impact could prove significant to the first-response community.
Video Rivada Networks’ Declan Ganley: Rivada’s proposal for deploying and funding FirstNet 5th February 2014 Can FirstNet build its proposed nationwide broadband network for first responders without using taxpayer money? Yes, according to Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley, who outlines his company’s proposal to deploy and fund FirstNet during this interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson. (Part 5 of video series)
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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