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Last week was the first live IWCE conference since 2019. Meanwhile, on the last day of September, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 4-0 in favor of moving forward with the Eighth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for 4.9-GHz spectrum.
One large Land Mobile Radio (LMR) vendor wants to solve the Push-To-Talk (PTT) interoperability issue for FirstNet/LTE/LMR using its Critical Connect cloud service. However, a much smaller company provides push-to-talk interoperability that is available today. This solution is an example of how we can reach the goal of nationwide push-to-talk interoperability on FirstNet/LTE systems and integrate broadband PTT with LMR PTT services.
Last month, I joined a US Department of the Interior webinar series to listen to the portion provided by FirstNet (Built with AT&T) and a number of FirstNet users from multiple Tribal Nations. I will cover this webinar in more detail next week…
