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FirstNet Delivers Updated State Plans, Official Notifications Still Pending

September 19, 2017 | Comments

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and AT&T Sept. 19 delivered updated information to the state plan portals of the 53 states and territories where they delivered the original state plan information. State official notifications are expected "in the near future" and will begin the 90-day deadline for a governor's opt-in or opt-out decision.

Texas, Idaho Opt in to FirstNet

September 19, 2017 | Comments

Texas — one of the largest states in the country and home to an early builder network — and Idaho opted in to the respective plans from the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and AT&T to deliver a wireless broadband networks to their state's public-safety communities.

September 18, 2017 | Comments

The TCCA is under new leadership and looking toward new initiatives including a mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) open platform and market adoption of of Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standardized equipment.

September 18, 2017 | Comments

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will visit Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas this week to discuss the importance of connectivity for public-safety services in rural America and ways to bridge the digital divide.

September 18, 2017 | Comments

Gov. Larry Hogan announced Maryland will opt in to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and accept FirstNet AT&T’s public-safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) state plan.

September 15, 2017 | Comments

The FCC released an order establishing its procedures for evaluating opt-out state plans to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) through a two-prong process for interoperability. The order is specific to the second interoperability prong.

September 15, 2017 | Comments

The FCC is requesting comment on a PHI Service Co. request for an extension of time or waiver of the performance requirement applicable to certain of its 931 MHz paging geographic area licenses.

ATIS Releases Report on GPS Disruptions

September 15, 2017 | Comments

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) released a major resource to help better understand and address a formidable telecommunications industry challenge: the vulnerabilities in GPS.

September 14, 2017 | Comments

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson offered potential insights into ways that AT&T might harden the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) to withstand disasters such as Hurricane Irma.

September 14, 2017 | Comments

Smart city technology developed by Applied Information (AI) was deployed by the city of Atlanta to connect traffic signals, emergency vehicles and school zone safety flashers to the internet of things (IoT) as part of the Renew Atlanta infrastructure improvement program.