by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 10, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Public safety agencies operating in partnership with the First Responder Network Authority, also known as FirstNet, now have access to new capabilities to communicate and enhance their response to emergencies.
In January, AT&T, which is building out FirstNet, the nation’s interoperable public safety broadband communications network, unveiled new technological features for the network. They include a new feature to enhance the geolocation of first responders inside buildings, high-powered wireless equipment designed to boost the range of devices in rural and remote settings, and a new push-to-talk communication solution…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 10, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Despite access to more than $600 billion in grants made available by the federal government and private sector each year, public safety agencies have struggled to make use of that funding, according to a new report from the law enforcement consulting firm Lexipol and the wireless network equipment company Cradlepoint. And those issues persisted into the COVID-19 pandemic, the report’s authors found, even after the passage of billions of dollars in emergency aid…
by ECC Editor | Feb 9, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
The Public Safety Broadband technology Association (PSBTA) This proud to announce the PSBTA FirstNet™ Virtual Regional Forums. These forums are a series of virtual regionalized presentations with panelists from the FirstNet Authority, both national and local team members with FirstNet built with AT&T, ecosystem developers, and a townhall with our board members. The forums are custom-built to connect you with the leaders in the FirstNet ecosystem.
Click here for more registration details!
Events will be held on the following dates for these regions:
Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming
Thursday, February 25, 2021 – 9:00 am PT/ 10:00 am MT/ 11:00 am CT/ 12:00 pm ET
Washington and Oregon
Thursday, March 11, 2021 – 10:00 am PT/ 11:00 am MT/ 12:00 pm CT/ 1:00 pm ET
Nevada, So. California, and Arizona
Thursday, March 18, 2021 – 10:00 am PT/ 11:00 am MT/ 12:00 pm CT/ 1:00 pm ET
Colorado
Thursday, April 15, 2021 – 9:00 am PT/ 10:00 am MT/ 11:00 am CT/ 12:00 pm ET
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa
Thursday, April 8, 2021 – 8:00 am PT/9:00 am MT/ 10:00 am CT/ 11:00 am ET
N. Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
Thursday, April 29, 202 – 8:00 am PT/9:00 am MT/ 10:00 am CT/ 11:00 am ET
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Massachusetts
Thursday, May 20, 2021 – 7:00 am PT/8:00 am MT/ 9:00 am CT/ 10:00 am ET
Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina
Thursday June 10, 2021 – 8:00 am PT/9:00 am MT/ 10:00 am CT/ 11:00 am ET
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 8, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Public safety represents a growing challenge for cities around the globe.
As urban populations grow, smart cities are leveraging new digital technologies to monitor and optimise water and energy consumption, enhance citizen access to services, create effective transportation infrastructures and deliver the city-wide connectivity that citizens and businesses need.
The building blocks of smart cities are 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) /cloud. There is no doubt that to carry the weight of the smart city of the future, the mobile network will need to be fast, responsive and stable to handle a vast amount of data…
by AllThingsECC.com | Feb 5, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
First-responder officials are applauding the recent AT&T announcement that FirstNet agencies now can access vertical-location (Z-axis) information powered by NextNav to find personnel inside taller buildings—a challenging task that has been described by many as the “Holy Grail” of public-safety communications.
Charles Werner, a former fire chief for the city of Charlottesville, Va., said he and others in the public-safety community have been working for decades to obtain vertical-location information to help them find personnel, particularly firefighters in smoke-filled buildings that need help…
by ECC Editor | Feb 5, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
The State of Nebraska plans to complete its deployment of next-generation 911 by the end of next year, a public safety official there told StateScoop on Thursday.
Following a competitive procurement process, Nebraska last month awarded telecommunications contractor Lumen an $8 million contract to provide the emergency service network, software and call-routing services for the state’s next-generation 911 upgrade… READ MORE
