FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel this week proposed that future auction proceeds be used to fund the technological migration of U.S. public-safety answering points (PSAPs) from legacy systems to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) platforms.
Rosenworcel unveiled her idea during an event organized in Washington, D.C.—organized by the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association—celebrating the 10th anniversary of the FirstNet Authority being created to build a nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN). A key player in the push for FirstNet while serving as counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee a decade ago, Rosenworcel cited numerous parallels between the FirstNet initiative and the NG911 transition… READ MORE
