Happy New Year to all of you! Hopefully, 2019 will be a great year for all of us including the public safety community of dispatchers, fire, EMS, and law enforcement personnel. At the end of each year and the beginning of the next year there are many articles, stories, and blogs looking back and then looking forward. This week’s Advocate is about looking forward through to the end of 2019. Technology and politics move too quickly to predict what will come beyond that.
As we enter 2019, January is month twenty-three of the FirstNet contract with AT&T. There are two FirstNets, one being the FirstNet Authority with a reconstructed board of directors and an acting CEO who many of us hope will soon lose the “acting” in the title. Then there is the AT&T FirstNet referred to as “FirstNet (Built with AT&T)”. This second FirstNet is ahead of schedule according to the RFP that was issued by FirstNet the Authority and it appears as though it will stay ahead during all of 2019.
Land Mobile Radio: Meanwhile, there are new and updated Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems that were built in 2018 and more are already scheduled for 2019. Not only are P25 systems being deployed, analog systems are being upgraded, perhaps staying with analog only or moving to a combination of P25 and analog. Several P25 systems stand out as examples of more redundant, nearer to public safety-grade than most P25 systems. The difference is that these networks do not have a central core or “brain,” rather the brains of the network are placed at each site and sometimes redundant cores are used at each site to add yet another layer of redundancy. Further, these systems are IP-based and as I mentioned last year, we will ultimately have IP back-ends for NG 9-1-1 and LMR, meaning the FirstNet network can help greatly in providing a homogenized communications platform for public safety. Read the Entire Post Here
Here are the articles I have selected with the help of Discovery Patterns artificial intelligence
Senate Confirms Starks, Carr to FCC
Multichannel News Jan 3 03:20
During his confirmation hearing, I was excited to hear him highlight the need to expand rural broadband and the power of telemedicine. I look forward …
FCC To Cease Most Operations In Wake Of Gov’t Shutdown
Law360 Jan 2 19:55
However, the public safety network FirstNet will remain operational and the agency will still oversee “assignment of radio frequencies to federal …
FCC Outlines Impact on its Operations of Potential Funding Lapse
ARRL Jan 2 18:20
Still available will be the Network Outage Reporting System (NORS), the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS), the Public Safety Support …
Brevard Public Schools Implement Instant Emergency Communications System with First Responders
Business Wire Jan 2 16:15
WALLINGFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Brevard County, Florida, joined six additional Florida counties using Mutualink’s instant emergency communications coordination platform to enhance school safety readiness and response. On December 11, 2018, Brevard County School Board authorized the implementation of Mutualink in all of Brevard County’s public schools. The system addresses many of the communications coordination problems and delays repeatedly identified in school shooting incident after act
Qualcomm (QCOM) Well Positioned Into 5G, Settlements – Canaccord Genuity
StreetInsider.com Jan 3 11:30
Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley was out positive on Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) ahead of the FTC case starting Friday, which he …
Ericsson and Panasonic Partner on 5G
Market Realist Jan 3 11:30
Ericsson (ERIC) and Panasonic have agreed to collaborate on exploring new 5G use cases. In addition to exploring 5G opportunities together, …
Ericsson Eyes the Mining Industry for the 5G Market
Market Realist Jan 3 11:30
Ericsson (ERIC) and Epiroc (EPOKY) will collaborate to provide mining companies with high-performance wireless connectivity, according to a …
Top 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Features
HowToTechNaija Jan 3 11:20
One of such companies is Qualcomm which brought the first 5G SoC to the world. With the Snapdragon 8510 as its codename, thus chipset has …
NIST Telehealth Remote Monitoring Guidance Plan Gets AMIA Support
HealthITSecurity.com Jan 3 10:50
… recently announced it would fund a project to develop guidance around the security and privacy risks associated with remote patient monitoring.
SK Telecom uses 5G for first 2019 TV broadcast, plans live phone and drone vi…
Google Plus Jan 3 10:30
SK Telecom uses 5G for first 2019 TV broadcast, plans live phone and drone videos http://onvb.co/rEgUZP6 – VentureBeat – Google+.
How 5G will change your smartphone, and your life in 2019
The Coli Jan 3 10:10
Yes. Easily. But it’s only in its early stages since 5G has only rolled out very slowly last year. Give it until the mid 2020s before we see 5G fully utilized.
EE Times Jan 3 07:10
As if there isn’t already enough confusion about what 5G is and isn’t, AT&T dropped a bombshell with the news its 4G phones supporting advanced …
CES 2019: Alexa vs. Google, foldable TVs and 5G to take center stage in Las Vegas
USA Today Jan 3 06:00
The world’s biggest tech trade show kicks off Sunday, with some 4,000 exhibitors showing products and prototypes that promise to make our lives better.
The FCC Is Closing, So Hold Your Cell Phone Service Gripes
WIRED Jan 3 02:55
The agency has washed its hands of much of its oversight over broadband and text-message service providers since Republicans gained control of …
AT&T’s 5G speeds may not be much faster than 4G LTE
Notebookcheck.net Jan 3 01:30
Carriers and smartphone manufacturers have recently expressed concerns about problems they’ve encountered with implementing 5G into …
Samsung Galaxy 10 is 5G ready.
Supanet Jan 2 20:35
Samsung Galaxy S10 will include support for 5G mobile networks, a reliable tipster with an impressive track record of forecasting updates from …
5G Phones Are Coming Soon, But You Should Wait to Buy One
Bloglovin Jan 2 20:10
With just about every major US cellphone service provider prepping their 5G network rollouts, you’ve probably seen 2019 hyped as the beginning of …