FirstNet IoT Report to Come From NPSTC, Meeting Told

A pending report on public safety and the IoT is focusing on FirstNet, said Barry Fraser, chairman of the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council's IoT working group at NPSTC's meeting Thursday. “We’re monitoring FirstNet’s rollout, of course, but also looking at what Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile may be doing as well in this area.” Michael Britt, chairman of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Robotics Working Group, said the working group recently was briefed by AT&T and is working on a report on the public safety use of aerial platforms, including cells on wings. NPSTC posted an initial report by the group on public safety use of drones, Britt said.