FirstNet: Why AT&T?
AT&T has worked to improve public safety for nearly 140 years, and believes strongly in FirstNet’s public safety mission.
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FirstNet: The Solution
AT&T and FirstNet will help millions of first responders operate faster, safer and more effectively when lives are on the line.
Why FirstNet?
Learn more about the life-saving importance of giving America’s first responders fast access to unified and advanced communications capabilities to help make it safer for them on the front lines…
FirstNet Board Advances First Responder Network Procurement Process
Board unanimously votes to move to contract; delegates authority to FirstNet CEO to make award March 28, 2017 (RESTON) — The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) today took a critical…
FirstNet Statement on U.S. Federal Court of Claims Ruling in the Protest Action
March 17, 2017 (RESTON) The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) today released the following statement from FirstNet CEO Mike Poth on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruling in the…
FirstNet Outlines Operational Readiness, First 100-Days for Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network
December 14, 2016 (Sacramento):The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) today outlined its readiness for a public-private partnership to deploy the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (Network), including a plan to…
The First Responder Network (FirstNet) and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress 2016
Linda K. Moore Specialist in Telecommunications Policy June 17, 2016 Summary Congress included provisions in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96) for planning,…
About Andrew Seybold
Andrew Seybold has been involved in Public Safety and Public Safety Communications for more than fifty years, starting as a first responder and then working with RCA Mobile Communications, General…
The First Responder Network (FirstNet) and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress 2015
Linda K. Moore Specialist in Telecommunications Policy February 27, 2015 Summary Congress included provisions in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96) for planning,…
The First Responder Network (FirstNet) and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress 2014
Linda K. Moore Specialist in Telecommunications Policy March 12, 2014 Summary Since September 11, 2001, when communications failures contributed to the tragedies of the day, Congress has passed several laws…
The First Responder Network and Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress 2013
Linda K. Moore Specialist in Telecommunications Policy May 28, 2013 Summary Since September 11, 2001, when communications failures contributed to the tragedies of the day, Congress has passed several laws…