PCIA's Adelstein: FirstNet's Security Interest Requirements Need Resolution

摘要

It's unclear whether FirstNet is going to insist on having a strong security interest in the towers includednin its nationwide public safety network, said PCIA President Jonathan Adelstein Aug. 30 during anBroadbandUS.TV webcast. After the NTIA entity ended negotiations with Broadband Technology OpportunitiesnProgram recipients in Charlotte, N.C., and Adams County, Colo., to bring their LTE publicnsafety networks into the FirstNet network, some media reports said it was because FirstNet was unwillingnto waive its security interest in the projects’ infrastructure.