New Apple iPhones support operation on Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet
New iPhones announced by Apple this week are the device maker’s first products that support operation on 700 MHz Band 14—the spectrum licensed to FirstNet, which…
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Commercial carriers commit to adopting technologies to improve 911 location accuracy
All four nationwide wireless carriers—AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint—will add device-based hybrid (DBH) location technologies that are designed to improve wireless emergency-caller location information, even…
New network, ‘FirstNet,’ to offer first responders more efficient communication
Chief Cassell says despite FEMA’s report on 1 October, which recommends FirstNet, it was already on the department’s radar because of its benefits. SOURCE: LasVegasNow.com…
AT&T to launch 5G service in Las Vegas early next year
Las Vegas will be among the first cities to receive AT&T’s 5G mobile service when the company brings the high-speed technology to parts of the…
GPS Technology Delivers Critical Lifeline for First Responders
By: J. David Grossman, Executive Director, GPS Innovation Alliance Thanks to Legislation passed by Congress in 2012 that established FirstNet as an independent authority within…
FirstNet Authority, NTIA Announce Leadership Changes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2018 News Media Contact: April Ward (202) 853-5219 or (571) 665-6187 (Reston, VA) Today, the First Responder Network Authority…
FirstNet Goes Local
Officials in Wake County, North Carolina’s second most-populous county at more than 1 million residents, are gearing up to migrate from Verizon to FirstNet during…
Verizon Problems and Why FirstNet is Different
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant By now everyone (to include the British since the story ran on BBC) knows that Verizon will, can and…
Serving those on the frontlines of the West Coast wildfires
By Kevin Nida, First Responder Network Authority Senior Public Safety Advisor As wildfires are roaring across the West Coast, the need for connectivity amongst first…
California and 9-1-1, Time To Act
By ATFN Staff Fifty years ago, the first 9-1-1 call was made in the United States. It’s been an integral part of Americans’ national trust…
Thunder Over The Boardwalk with Atlantic City PD
Is Verizon Telling the Truth?
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant I find it interesting that Verizon has said the problem occurred in the Customer Service Department. I do not…
Verizon lifts data caps on West Coast public safety workers after it slowed firefighters’ data
Verizon will lift all data caps on public safety workers for unlimited data plans in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii immediately after the company dramatically slowed…
Emergency Drop Kits
Earlier this month, AT&T announced their development of a long-awaited solution to the dire need for telecommunications by first-responders in hard-to-reach areas: Emergency Drop Kits….
Verizon Fails Public Safety Once Again
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant Remember the Verizon commercial during the Super Bowl ( http://allthingsfirstnet.com/the-verizon-super-bowl-ad-is-problematic-heres-why/ ) telling the world how much they support public safety? Many…