News BayRICS, Motorola Solutions fail to reach deal with FirstNet 18th November 2013 Sticking points center on push-to-talk functionality and future cost responsibilities; parties are “apparently further apart than we had originally thought,” says Barry Fraser, BayRICS general manager.
Article LTE pilot projects offer a glimpse of public safety’s future 16th November 2013 Test networks answer important questions and provide key lessons, but perhaps their most important purpose is to demonstrate that interoperable public-safety LTE deployments are achievable.
News BayRICS, Motorola Solutions considering possible FirstNet agreement 13th November 2013 Directors for the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications Systems Authority (BayRICS) on Thursday are scheduled to consider a modified agreement with Motorola Solutions regarding the deployment of a private LTE network for San Francisco-area first responders, as part of a spectrum-lease agreement with FirstNet.
Commentary Congress unwittingly created FirstNet e-mail mess, and needs to fix it 12th November 2013 At the heart of the controversy surrounding efforts to release FirstNet board member Paul Fitzgerald’s e-mails related to the deployment of a nationwide broadband network for first responders is an apparent discrepancy in the law Congress passed that created FirstNet. Given this, federal lawmakers should revisit the matter and clarify their intent, so FirstNet can proceed with its mission.
News LA-RICS gets two bidders for public-safety LTE project 8th November 2013 Entity declines to name the bidders for 232-site project that will leverage both Project 25 and LTE technology; negotiations are expected to begin by the end of November.
News FirstNet hires telecom veteran Seybold as a contractor 8th November 2013 Long-time public-safety supporter says team that FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino has put together is “top-notch.”
News Fitzgerald cites confidential nature of e-mails in legal declaration 7th November 2013 On at least two occasions, information was provided under non-disclosure agreements, Fitzgerald says, adding that others shared information openly only because believed that the e-mails would be kept confidential. Story County, Iowa, wants to release the e-mails under its open-records law, but FirstNet Secretary Uzoma Onyeije maintains that exposing the e-mails publicly would have a “chilling effect” on future communications among board members.
Commentary Fitzgerald-FirstNet saga generates many questions, few answers 5th November 2013 Chief among them: Why did Fitzgerald–after being instructed by the Story County board of supervisors not to do so–release to the federal government FirstNet related e-mails before releasing them to the media outlet that had made an open-records request under Iowa state law?
News Boniface named to FirstNet board 5th November 2013 Veteran private-equity investor and telecom investor Barry Boniface will fill the slot vacated by Bill Keever; while in telecom, Boniface was involved in several of the sector’s largest mergers, including BellSouth/AT&T, Cingular Wireless/AT&T Wireless and Sprint/Clearwire.
News FCC approves rules for FirstNet spectrum 31st October 2013 Commission action paves the way for certification of devices that will operate in the Band 14 700 MHz spectrum that public safety’s nationwide broadband communications network will utilize.
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