"Public Safety Broadband Network"
Connected Nation Exchange (CNX) Awarded Fiber Broadband Development Contract in Kentucky
January 7, 2016Connected Nation Exchange (CNX) has been awarded a contract to work on behalf of Warren County, Kentucky to advance the county’s goal to provide fiber-based broadband services throughout the county.
Read full articleAPCO Congratulates FirstNet on Approving Release of Its RFP
December 9, 2015The Board of Directors for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) voted to approve the release of a request for proposals (RFP) for the construction, maintenance, and improvement of the nationwide public safety broadband network (NPSBN).
Read full articleBroadband Committee Goes Public
December 31, 2013The APCO Broadband Committee was created in 2010 to help the association address the implications of emerging high-speed wired and wireless networks used by APCO members in comm centers and in the field alongside existing land-mobile radio (LMR) networks used by first responders.
Read full articleCommunication Failure after Boston Bombings Reinforces Network Need
May 8, 2013As law enforcement desperately hunted the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, the city’s reliance on commercial cellular wireless carriers became an escalating problem.
Read full articleFirstNet Board Members Commit to Building a Network to Meet Mission-Critical Standards
March 14, 2013If the nationwide public safety broadband network does not meet mission-critical standards and come up to public safety grade, “we…
Read full articleFirstNet Board Sets Path for BTOP Projects to Move Forward
February 13, 2013On Tuesday, Feb. 12, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Board adopted a resolution outlining its path forward with the seven public safety Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grantees.
Read full article‘FirstNet Exists to Serve Public Safety’: FN Board Members Address Public Safety Members at APCO International Emerging Technology Forum
February 1, 2013“FirstNet was created by Congress to serve you,” said F. Craig Farrill, a wireless telecommunications executive and FirstNet Board member,…
Read full articleImplementing Public Safety Broadband Provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
October 15, 2012The FCC has adopted rules implementing the clear mandate of the Public Safety Spectrum Act to grant a license with respect to the public safety broadband spectrum (763-768/793-798 MHz), guard band (768-769/798-799 MHz), and the D Block to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).
Read full articleAT&T Goes on Spectrum Shopping Binge
August 2, 2012NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T Inc. has gone on a shopping spree for wireless spectrum, striking three separate deals that should let it increase its capacity for wireless broadband.
Read full articleCapitol Dispatch: New Questions for T-Band
July 5, 2012Recent legislation reallocating the 700 MHz D Block for public safety broadband and setting aside substantial funding for a nationwide public safety broadband network was a huge win for APCO International and its partners in the public safety community. Of course, no legislation is perfect, and in this case the otherwise positive legislation contains a few provisions that create major challenges for a subset of public safety land mobile radio systems.
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