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FirstNet GM D’Agostino on potential business models: ‘Everything is on the table’

FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino tells UC Editor Donny Jackson about some of the thought processes that FirstNet officials will be using as they evaluate potential business models that will generate the money needed to fund the much-anticipated nationwide network for first responders. The second in a series of articles.

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FirstNet GM D’Agostino on procurement: ‘Winner-take-all’ approach doubtful

FirstNet General Manager Bill D’Agostino spoke with UC Editor Donny Jackson during a one-on-one interview about what the organization needd to do before issuing requests for proposals (RFPs) and about a potential regional model for bidding the project

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Ginn: 2014 a ‘foundation’ year; deployments likely to begin in 2015

FirstNet chairman predicts that the first nationwide broadband network for first responders will be built, and says that he has been pleased with the board’s progress over the past 10 months.

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Early public-safety LTE builders share lessons learned

One piece of advice offered: establish a governance structure before doing anything else–and act transparently. Funding and stakeholder education also are high on the list of challenges facing public-safety agencies mulling a move to FirstNet’s nationwide broadband network.

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NTIA awards planning grants to four states for FirstNet initiative

Arizona, California, Iowa and Missouri receive a total of $12.5 million, which can be used for outreach and education in preparation for consulting with FirstNet regarding the nationwide broadband network for first responders that it is building.

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LA-RICS approves deal with Motorola Solutions for P25 system

Contract would total about $280 million if all options are exercised; authority hopes to offload non-mission-critical communications to planned LTE network, in order to carry mission-critical voice communications over public-safety narrowband channels in the UHF and 700 MHz bands.

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Ideas needed to fix post-rebanding interference

The increasingly divergent pieces of spectrum that need to be accessed in a single device make device design all the more complicated. At the same time, the multitude of potentially interfering devices and systems has increased. Thus–even after 800 MHz rebanding–the potential for interference in a device has never been greater.

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FirstNet seeks the right mix

The authority has some really smart people working for it, and some tasty ingredients to work with–namely $7 billion and prime 700 MHz spectrum–but creativity will be needed to discover the recipe for success.

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The FCC looks at receiver standards

Such standards could be the way to overcome poor receiver design and the problems that stem from it, but they must balance performnce and cost.

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FirstNet special committee plans to issue first report in September

Focus will be on whether FirstNet board has acted openly and transparently; subsequent report will review contracting and conflict-of-interest allegations.

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FirstNet GM D’Agostino on potential business models: ‘Everything is on the table’

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FirstNet GM D’Agostino on procurement: ‘Winner-take-all’ approach doubtful

News

Ginn: 2014 a ‘foundation’ year; deployments likely to begin in 2015

News

Early public-safety LTE builders share lessons learned

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NTIA awards planning grants to four states for FirstNet initiative

News

LA-RICS approves deal with Motorola Solutions for P25 system

Commentary

Ideas needed to fix post-rebanding interference

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FirstNet seeks the right mix

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The FCC looks at receiver standards

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FirstNet special committee plans to issue first report in September

Commentary

September 3GPP Plenary: 6G officially begins, Release 19 on track

Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

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Video: Opening of the Expo Hall on day three of IWCE 2023

Lynk CEO Charles Miller: The sky’s the limit

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