Chris Sambar, senior vice president, AT&T* – FirstNet, will testify before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet at a hearing titled, “An Update on…
Arkansas to Transform Communications for Public Safety; Governor Hutchinson Approves Buildout Plan for First Responder Network First-of-its-Kind Solution Will Create Jobs, Spur Investment and Modernize Public Safety Communications throughout the…
Today, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin made his decision to join the FirstNet network. This will make Kentucky one of the first states in the country to “opt in” to FirstNet…
Virginia is the first state to opt in to FirstNet, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced after signing a letter of intent Monday.
In the first of 56 decisions to be made by state leaders in the coming months, Virginia signs on with the federal government’s proposal for the next generation of public…
In my last blog posting, I raised the role that fire chiefs need to play as governors decide whether to opt-in or opt-out of the state plans released on June…
First-of-its-Kind Solution Will Create Jobs, Spur Investment and Modernize Public Safety Communications across the State RESTON, Va — Wyoming is making history. Today, Governor Matthew Mead announced his decision to…
Governor McAuliffe today signed a letter of intent declaring that the Commonwealth of Virginia will allow the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and AT&T to proceed with the deployment of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network in Virginia.
A Notice by the Federal Communications Commission on 07/07/2017 By this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) issues a Public Notice establishing an expedited comment period to…
UK public-safety LTE network targeted for completion in 2020, with LMR providing early direct-mode solution First responders in the United Kingdom (UK) are slated to complete the communications transition from…
After nearly a decade of debate, a dedicated public safety cellular network is going online. Here’s how that may affect how you do your job. Shortly after the atrocities of…
FirstNet will dramatically improve incident triage and enable parallel processing by assisting on-scene responders to acquire and transmit critical information to doctors providing medical direction and other providers in incoming…
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Lives depend on first responders’ ability to communicate in disaster and emergency. That is why FirstNet was created – to develop a wireless, mobile network to modernize public safety communications…
