States Opting Out of FirstNet Should Be Allowed Flexibility on Networks, Rivada Tells FCC
Rivada Networks asked the FCC to devise rules for opting out of FirstNet that allow states the chance to decide their own destinies. Commissioners are scheduled to vote on rules at their June 22 meeting (see 1706010049). “There is no…
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technical or legal reason that a state [network] must exclusively use the FirstNet core for all core functions, as compared with using the FirstNet core for some functions with states or their partners providing others,” Rivada said in a filing in docket 16-269. “Requiring that states only use FirstNet core elements significantly impinges on local operational control of public safety broadband communications.” Rivada Mercury lost out on its rival bid to AT&T to help build FirstNet (see 1703300007). “Allowing states to operate their own radio access network with attendant core elements interconnected and interoperating with FirstNet provides an important benchmark for evaluating FirstNet’s operation of its portions of the nationwide public safety broadband network during the initial, and subsequent, ten-year terms of the statutorily mandated license,” Rivada said.