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Application Interoperability a Challenge for Emergency Network During Calif. Test, FirstNet Says

Members of FirstNet’s technical team observed the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, and its hundreds of thousands of spectators as a prime case study for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority (LA-RICS) NTIA Broadband Technology…

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Opportunities Program project, FirstNet said in a blog post. Application interoperability was a key challenge during the demonstration, it said Thursday. Los Angeles County Sheriff's commanders and staff were pleased with the network's overall performance, and came to rely on the demonstration's handheld devices for mission critical use as the event progressed, the post said. It's the latest in a series on FirstNet’s role in and observations from the five “early builder” public safety LTE network projects. Those projects, totaling five, include four NTIA BTOP grantees -- in New Jersey; Adams County, Colorado; New Mexico; and LA-RICS -- as well as Harris County, Texas, which has other funding sources.