Rutherford County Emergency Communications District (RCECD)

 Locations operated by Hamra Enterprises celebrate National 9-1-1 Education Month As part of National 9-1-1 Education Month, the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and Hamra Enterprises are partnering to honor local 9-1-1 professionals at twenty-five Hamra-owned Wendy’s restaurants. From April 16-29, 9-1-1 personnel and field responders receive a free small Frosty after presenting their work […]

Stay Ahead of the Changing 9-1-1 Workforce Wednesday, April 25 | 3PM Eastern (live) or On-Demand $50 for NENA Members | $85 for Non-Members Click here to register! Many of us have been struggling to adapt our hiring, recruiting, and workplace polices for the millennial worker. But don’t blink! Here comes iGen, aka Generation Z. […]

Having adjudicated all comments, the subject document is now considered “stable.” Per NENA IPR, Section 4.5 a “Stable Form Notice” is being issued and is shown below. 4.5 Declarations during Review When any Deliverable is in stable form, but before it undergoes review by the NENA Process Review Committee the Committee Resource Manager shall send […]

AT&T launched 5G Evolution technology in parts of 117 new markets, bringing the total number of markets served with that technology to 141. The provider is also making Long Term Evolution (LTE) Licensed Assisted Access (LTE-LAA) available in parts of three new markets, bringing the total number of markets served with that technology to seven. […]

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations DHS funds tech to root out malware in government mobile apps San Francisco hosts initial FirstNet hackathon read more

Voice services meeting the mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard developed by 3GPP—the body that oversees LTE development—will provide greater voice quality, performance and reliability than any push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) offering available on the market today, according to officials from AT&T and Nokia. read more

​AT&T announces that it has signed an agreement with Crown Castle—one of the leading tower companies in the U.S.—that will “streamline” deployment on thousands of existing and new sites to accelerate the carrier’s efforts to build FirstNet and 5G systems. read more

Release Date: April 20, 2018WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen will travel to Toronto, Canada to participate in the G7 Security Ministerial on Monday, April 23 and Tuesday, April 24. There, Secretary Nielsen will meet with her foreign counterparts to discuss joint efforts to combat terrorism, human trafficking, and cybersecurity threats. Secretary Nielsen will […]