by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 29, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau today is continuing to take actions against telecom vendors that the agency perceives to be a threat to national security. The latest companies whose equipment or services have been deemed to be a security risk are AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp and China Mobile International USA Inc.
The regulator had earlier deemed Huawei and ZTE equipment as a threat and is requiring providers that deployed equipment from those companies (mostly Huawei) to replace it…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 28, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
Washington [US]March 28 (ANI): On Friday, the US added China Telecom (Americans) Corp and China Mobile International USA to its list of providers of communications equipment and services that pose a threat to national security under a 2019 law that has to intended to protect US communications networks.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau also added Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab to its list of communications equipment and service providers considered a threat to national security, according to the Global Times, citing the FCC press release.
It is the first time that the United States has included a Russian entity on a list dominated by Chinese telecommunications companies…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 27, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
Russian-owned AO Kaspersky Lab, along with China Telecom (Americas) Corp. and China Mobile International USA Inc., are now on the list, which was created under federal cybersecurity legislation three years ago. The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau added the three new entities to the “covered list” of threats.
Companies added to the list are deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security and are prohibited from receiving federal subsidies for the deployment of communications services….
by ECC Editor | Mar 27, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
With federal regulations around 911 calling and location information fully in effect and enforceable, organizations need to ensure their PBX and phone systems are compliant.
“There are obligations for everyone, from the manufacturer and distributor through to the operator of any multiline telephone system,” said Martha Buyer, a telecommunications attorney.
Kari’s Law requires that multiline telephone systems sold, leased or installed after Feb. 16, 2020, support phones directly calling 911 without needing to dial a prefix first. The law also requires that 911 calls have a valid callback number and that appropriate on-site personnel, like security, are notified when a 911 call is made… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 26, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
Verizon Frontline has the greatest level of public-safety broadband adoption of any U.S. carrier, providing almost 4.5 million connections to 30,000 public-safety entities, a Verizon Frontline official said last week. Patty Roze, vice president of public-sector sales for Verizon, cited the statistics during her portion of the company’s keynote presentation on Thursday morning at IWCE 2022 in Las Vegas.
While public-safety officials celebrated the 10th anniversary of the enactment of the law establishing FirstNet last month, AT&T claimed that its network footprint now covers 2.81 million square miles—a figure that was more than 50,000 square miles more than any other U.S. wireless carrier, according to AT&T.
But AT&T’s coverage advantage is much greater than this, based on figures shared by Roze, who mentioned coverage numbers during the keynote while emphasizing Verizon’s considerable financial commitment to build out its wireless network. Based on this coverage figure provided by Roze, AT&T would have a 130,000-square-mile coverage advantage when compared to Verizon…
by AllThingsECC.com | Mar 25, 2022 | Articles, Comm Center News
LAS VEGAS—AT&T supports the notion that in-building systems supporting first-responder communications on FirstNet should meet public-safety-grade requirements for coverage and resiliency, but questions remain about the business model for building owners that are expected to provide most—if not all—of the funding.
Steve Devine, AT&T’s director of public-safety policy and strategy for FirstNet, said that in-building coverage requirement for FirstNet on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum should mirror the requirements that fire codes have for land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems, not just a typical in-building commercial deployment. This would require additional hardening of the systems and mandate coverage in areas of structures where public-safety works…
