Most Commenters Say States Should Have Room to Choose Alternate to FirstNet, Rivada Says
Rivada Networks told the FCC there's general agreement on the agency’s proposed rules for opting out of FirstNet and on the two versions of the interoperability matrix filed at the commission by the authority. Rivada is making a major push…
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to recruit states to work with it to build an alternative state network (see 1706190072). “All commenters other than AT&T and FirstNet that addressed the matrix emphasized the importance of a predictable and transparent opt-out process, which applies only interoperability criteria on which the public, and the states, have had ample notice and opportunity to comment,” Rivada said last week in docket 16-269. “Commenters also emphasized the importance of limiting these interoperability criteria to only those that are truly necessary to ensure interoperability, and the importance of core-to-core interconnection in allowing states to have necessary flexibility to address their public safety communications needs.”