Devices Designed for FirstNet Must Be Interoperable, CCA Says
Competitive Carriers Association representatives stressed in a meeting with FCC staffers the importance of interoperability in the national public safety broadband network (NPSBN) being built by FirstNet and AT&T and possibly other providers in some states. "Ensure that the state…
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opt-out review process is realistic and attainable, and that the NPSBN design facilitates interoperability to ensure first responders and consumers are connected throughout the nation,” CCA recommended in docket 16-269. “FirstNet is meant to be the antidote to public safety officials and first responders getting locked into an incompatible system or locked out of access to devices.” CCA said there are signs of trouble: AT&T is certifying devices for use on the FirstNet network that “will not interoperate with other 700 MHz Band licensees’ networks.” AT&T and FirstNet didn't comment.