by ECC Editor | Jan 29, 2020 | Articles
While AT&T is on track to meet all nationwide First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) milestones, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week flagged schedule, communication, and end-user satisfaction management issues that it said could stop the program from reaching its full potential.
[…] “AT&T has made progress deploying the network and meeting contractual milestones and goals, and FirstNet has employed a variety of mechanisms—many of which align with key practices—to oversee AT&T’s performance … READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 29, 2020 | Articles
TAMPA, FL — Making good on its commercial slogan, “Just OK is not OK,” AT&T customers and FirstNet subscribers in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Polk counties got a big boost in wireless connectivity. AT&T added eight new cell sites to enhance 4G LTE coverage in the area and help give residents and first responders faster, more reliable wireless service… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 29, 2020 | Articles
From public-safety blimps to revolutionary data centers, North Texas’ giants invented technology in 2019 to make our world a little bit better.
TMGcore CEO John-David Enright says TMGcore is already scaling the size of traditional data centers without decreasing the processing power. In partnering with Corgan, it will be able to offer a solution that’s significantly smaller for the same or greater compute capacity, while still having room to scale up if needed… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 27, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) of Bulacan which holds the operation of Bulacan Recue 566 set to launch the Rescue 911 in the province this 2020.
Officials of PDRRMO undergone an Emegency Telecommunicator Certification Training Course from Rescue 911 of United States of America in which the International Academies of International Dispatch (IAED) prepared module for the participants… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 27, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
One look into the startling blue eyes of Officer Cooper Rexrode evokes a sense of calm, as well as an odd desire to rub his belly, stroke his ears and coo baby talk into his earnest face.
[…] Although Cooper has only been on the job a few months, he proved effective during a recent trip to the area’s Emergency Communications Center to visit dispatchers… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 26, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
POSTED BY: EDITORIAL STAFF JANUARY 26, 2020
(This is a new series focusing on those that have made FirstNet a reality for Public Safety.)
By W. Brent Lee, Public Safety Consultant
When Ed Parkinson was named the acting CEO of the First Responder Network Authority in October of 2018, his assignment related to public safety broadband that has represented a full cycle from a committee policy staffer to overseeing the program he helped legislatively create.
