Why is a PSBN Needed?
A Public Safety Broadband Network (PSBN) is a necessary tool for first responders to respond effectively to emergencies and major events.
Standard consumer-grade mobile service plans do not provide the security, reliability, or resilience required by first responders. A PSBN needs redundancy to ensure that a network outage will not disrupt emergency communications and priority services, so that first responders can always communicate, regardless of network congestion. Public safety traffic also needs to be secured and isolated from commercial network traffic.
A dedicated PSBN service is needed to support first responders’ needs. This PSBN can be built in partnership with public sector and not-for-profit entities, as well as commercial participants who include wireless carriers.
A dedicated PSBN constructed as a network of networks, will improve the effectiveness and safety of first responders and the public safety community.
