FirstNet Has Significant Amount of Money To Spend, CEO Reminds Industry
FirstNet logged more than 400 attendees for its second industry day last week (see 1508270049), CEO Mike Poth said Monday in a blog post. “As we discussed at Industry Day, FirstNet will only be successful if the business model provides…
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services that public safety personnel want to adopt, proves financially attractive to a potential contractor or contractors, and meets FirstNet’s programmatic goals, including Congress’ requirement that FirstNet become financially self-sufficient.” Poth reminded industry that the network starts with $6.5 billion in contracts to award as it builds out. The public safety market is vibrant, he said. “The core public safety communications market of police, fire, and emergency medical services has millions of users, generates billions of dollars in revenue per year, and is poised for growth with the priority and preemption services that FirstNet plans to enable,” Poth said. “The non-public safety market is likely several multiples larger than that, and data traffic is projected to grow by almost five times over the next several years.” FirstNet noted in a tweet that as of Monday, staff is working in new space in FirstNet’s Reston, Virginia, headquarters.