Tampa experienced the start of “the first demonstrated multi-vendor interoperable Public...
Tampa experienced the start of “the first demonstrated multi-vendor interoperable Public Safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) network during the Republican National Convention,” Cisco said Monday. The RNC occurred from Aug. 27 to 30. Cisco credited its work with Raytheon, Nokia…
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Siemens Networks, Reality Mobile and Amdocs. “The multi-vendor LTE network was implemented in coordination with the law enforcement agencies supporting the Convention, a National Special Security Event (NSSE),” Cisco said (http://xrl.us/bnp6ud). “The system marks the first time federal, state and local first responders have simultaneously used a 700 MHz D-block broadband network for an NSSE. The network was deployed under special temporary authority (STA) from the Federal Communications Commission for the Convention” and provided a field trial of a multi-vendor integrated LTE system in advance of the $7 billion deployment of the National Public Safety Broadband Network” (CD July 2 p11). The future of this public safety network is “still being determined” but the commercial off-the-shelf devices and system applications are now “local assets,” Cisco said.