NIST-Sponsored Meeting Led to Important Discussion's FirstNet CTO Says
Last week’s National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Public Safety Communications Research meeting (see 1606070037) helped move FirstNet closer to launch, said Jeff Bratcher, FirstNet chief technology officer, in a Thursday blog post. “One take away from the conference was…
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the important work PSCR is now transitioning into,” Bratcher wrote. “As part of the same legislation that created FirstNet, NIST was allocated specific funding in the amount of $300 million to further and accelerate research and development for public safety broadband technologies. There was much discussion last week on how industry, public safety, and academia will be able to participate in the upcoming prize and challenge competitions.”