If you dial 9-1-1, you expect someone to answer—no matter what. That’s a promise public safety teams make to every community, and it’s a promise that technology must keep too. But as we upgrade our nation’s communication networks from legacy infrastructure to modern fiber and wireless, there’s a challenge many people don’t see: some Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) – the official name of 9-1-1 call centers – still rely on older systems that weren’t built for this new world.
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Protecting 4.9 GHz for Public Safety
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.Recent Posts
- Benham bill classifying 911 dispatchers as first responders to become law (PA)
- UT San Antonio Public Safety Celebrates Ribbon Cutting for Refreshed Communications Center
- Incident Dispatch Teams put a dispatcher beside the incident commander
- Hamilton County in Ohio reimagines ECCs with FirstNet tech
- NGA 911 lawsuit could create further NG911 delays in California

