NTIA’s position changed “dramatically” when Congress enacted legislation that provided $7 billion in funding for a nationwide network, Lawrence Strickling said....
Today's APCO/TCCA announcement does not guarantee that all continents eventually will migrate their next-generation public-safety radio systems to LTE, but it is a step in the right direction. ...
Public safety is allowed to partner with utilities on its nationwide broadband network, but such partners only are allowed to access the network on a secondary basis. Exactly what “secondary” means is the critical question....
Attention to detail and the use of advanced "smart" technologies will enable wireless system operators to reduce their costs while optimizing performance....
Despite some opinions, the nationwide broadband network that's coming to public safety will be just as important to fire/EMS as it is to law enforcement....
