The First Responder Network Authority board has approved two long-sought spectrum lease agreements: one with the state of New Jersey, and one with Adams County, Colo.
This brings FirstNet's current lease agreements to four, including the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority (LA-RICS) and...
Voice over LTE was developed as a standardized way for operators to transmit voice over new data-oriented LTE networks, meaning that voice services can use the higher speeds and quality
Alcatel-Lucent and first responders in Nevada recently conducted a six-month trial of an LTE network for public safety, using 700 MHz allotted by the First Responders Network Authority, or FirstNet.
The Las Vegas Metro Policy Department, Nevada Department of Transportation, and other first responders were...
RCR Wireless News’ editors Dan Meyer and Kelly Hill discuss top headlines from the week in wireless, including Verizon Wireless’ third quarter results and what they might mean for rivals; Sierra Wireless investing in the machine-to-machine space; and the potential impact on FirstNet from...
The federal government’s ongoing slumber could have a real impact on the wireless industry connected to plans for a trio of spectrum auctions that were set to begin early next year.
A number of attendees at last week’s PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show expressed concern that...
Local jurisdictions around the country are increasingly pushing building owners to install in-building wireless coverage for first responders, while those owners are also seeking better in-building commercial coverage for their tenants.
"Building owners are caught in the crossfire, if you will," said Seth Buechley, president...
LAS VEGAS – One of the biggest issues facing rural carriers is having continued access to new spectrum resources, which has been a central rallying point for the Competitive Carriers Association. Boosting that call, CCA hosted a panel consisting of regulatory personal from a...
Roughly twelve months after RCR Wireless News aired a LTE Public Safety Trends program on RCR TV (RCR Mobilist: LTE Public Safety Trends) and twelve years after 9/11, Jeff Mucci, RCR Wireless News Editorial Director, interviewed Chris Stark, NSN Head of Business Development, about the...
Aruba Networks recorded revenue of $153.1 million during the quarter ended July 31, a substantial boost from the $139.2 million during the same period last year.
“We exceeded our fourth quarter revenue expectations and added a record number of new customers,” said Dominic Orr, Aruba’s president...
The First Responder Network Authority has agreed to work with the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International on identifying and giving feedback on mobile applications for first responders. Both groups also pledged to cooperate as the development continues for a nationwide, public safety network...
FirstNet, which is planning a nationwide public safety LTE network, marked its first anniversary by approving a business plan for 2014 and signing its second spectrum lease --- while running into such troubles with three potential pilot projects that it concluded that agreements could...
With eyes toward the future national public safety network being planned by FirstNet, Motorola Solutions and Verizon Wireless have launched a new in-car mobile broadband device that operates both in Verizon Wireless' spectrum and the Band 14 spectrum that will be used for FirstNet's...
FirstNet continues to fill out its ranks with new hires and grants to help shape the nationwide public safety network that it is in charge of planning, building and maintaining.
The board announced that it has hired TJ Kennedy as its deputy general manager, and...
The First Responder Network Authority, or FirstNet, has put out 10 formal requests for information from stakeholders and vendors to gather input on technical aspects of the national LTE network for public safety that the board must plan, build and operate.
A device RFI was...
WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- The FirstNet board met yesterday and approved an increased budget for 2013 to allow for hiring to shift ongoing management functions from board members and temporary consultants to employees of the board, and an organizational structure for the agency that is...
President Obama followed through on expectations today in nominating wireless industry veteran and former lobbyist Tom Wheeler as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Wheeler would be replacing current FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who announced today that he will be leaving by the middle...
The nation’s attempt to put together a public-safety wireless network gained leadership today as the FirstNet board of directors announced the hiring of Bill D’Agostino, Jr., as GM. D’Agostino will head up FirstNet’s ambitious attempt to construct a nationwide mobile broadband network to serve...
RCR Wireless takes a look at the regulatory challenges facing the wireless industry, including spectrum issues, potential for additional spectrum auctions, regulations on the second-hand spectrum market, M&A regulations and sitting challenges. As a special bonus, we will provide an annual FirstNet update.
Bonus: FirstNet...
RCR Wireless News Editor-in-Chief Dan Meyer was joined by esteemed guests, including long-time industry analysts Roger Entner, former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former Senior Attorney with the Competition Division in the FCC’s Office of General Counsel Lawrence Spiwak and former FCC Wireless Bureau Chief...
CCA’s FirstNet Summit Pay-Per-View Event
Live broadcast from the 2013 CCA Global Expo
Austin, Texas (April 8, 2013) — RCR Wireless News, in partnership with the Competitive Carrier Association (CCA), announced today that the FirstNet Summit, scheduled for April 17, 2013, will be broadcast live on...
FirstNet is making progress in its negotiations with seven public safety pilot projects that are to be folded in under the umbrella of its future national first-responder LTE network.
The recipients of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grants had their funding partially suspended when...
One of the biggest challenges for the FirstNet board as they plan a framework for a nationwide public safety network is how to ensure interoperability between local, state and federal agencies while maintaining the security of each entity's information.
LGS Innovations thinks it has the...
Progress continues on clarifying the needs of first responders and the technical standards that will support them, as the board of the future nationwide public safety network, dubbed FirstNet, continue to lay the foundation for the LTE network and public safety trade organizations examine...
Alcatel-Lucent demonstrated interoperable voice and data technology for the FirstNet board this week in Boulder, Colo., showcasing how voice over LTE and presence information might be used by first responders who are expected to adopt service over the future nationwide LTE public safety network...
