Next week’s meetings could set stage for potentially transformative year in public-safety communications

As we move into December, there are a lot of normal preparations happening: people shopping, families arranging to get together, and college football teams getting ready to play in bowl games. But the most significant preparations of all could come next week in the public-safety-communications arena, where significant policy positions could be made that determine the fate ofFirstNet and next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments.

That’s because the FirstNet board will convene on Tuesday and Wednesday in its final scheduled meetings before releasing the much-anticipated request for proposal (RFP) by the end of the month. Then, on Thursday, the FCC’s Task Force on Optimal PSAP Architecture (TFOPA) is expected to deliver its final report that integrates the work of its three working groups that have spent much of the year formulating recommendations about how three key components of next-generation 911—implementation, cybersecurity and funding—should work. For the full article click here 

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