Plugging Into FirstNet Easy for Most Users, Consultant Says
Plugging into the FirstNet network will be relatively easy and only require a public safety user to buy a new SIM card, public safety consultant Andrew Seybold blogged Thursday. “The new SIM [subscriber identity module] identifies the device (and the…
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user) as a member of the public safety community,” Seybold wrote. “The network is then notified that when this device is on the network, in addition to normal AT&T capabilities, the user will have access to all additional capabilities and information being made available only to the FirstNet public safety community. The AT&T network and soon FirstNet Band 14 recognizes a user as a public safety user by the SIM in the device and the information it contains.” Meanwhile, a FirstNet representative emailed Thursday the authority has now received feedback from all the states and territories on their plans, as part of consultation review meetings or the formal comment process. “FirstNet and AT&T are currently working through the review process and remain on track with our schedule: which is to provide responses back to the states and make the official plan available for the Governor’s decision by mid-September,” the official said. Most of the questions are “in the areas of overall process, technical/network operations, and coverage,” the official said.