The SD7 is ideally suited for AT&T’s enterprise customers who require a rugged device that offers superior coverage, improved functionality and low start-up and operating costsAT&T serviced 201.8 million mobility…
By Tom Randall, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority The Navajo Nation spans across 27,000 square miles extending into some of the most rugged lands throughout Arizona, Colorado,…
By James Careless On April 12, 2022, ten people were shot on a Brooklyn subway train in New York City by a lone gunman. The suspect, 62-year-old Frank James, was…
Device-to-device communications in 5G—known as sidelink—promise to provide new flexibility and functionality, but its potential range is expected to pale in comparison to the land-mobile-radio (LMR) direct-mode offerings used by…
By First Responder Network Authority Over 70,000 fans gathered to watch the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals play in the 2022 Super Bowl. Inglewood and Los Angeles public safety…
Jun 14, 2022, 4RF Aprisa LTE Router Certified and Approved for use on FirstNet, Built with AT&T DENVER, June 14, 2022 RF, a developer of high-performance radio communications equipment for critical infrastructure,…
With AT&T almost done deploying the initial contracted FirstNet 700 MHz Band 14 infrastructure, the FirstNet Authority increasingly is focusing on solutions that will let public-safety users access the nationwide…
SAN DIEGO—Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) will see its primary $300 million allocation from Congress expire this fall, but at least a portion of this money will be offset by…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has teamed up with consulting firm LMI and online outsourcing marketplace Freelancer to facilitate a contest that seeks existing or new inci SOURCE: executivegov.com DATE: June 7,…
FCC experimental license identifies spectrum bands used by AT&T—including some 700 MHz Band 14 frequencies licensed to the FirstNet AST SpaceMobile—a LEO satellite company that plans to deliver broadband cellular…
On Tuesday afternoon, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and Sen. John Barrasso joined city officials at the Hall of Justice to get a look at the FirstNet mobile satellite-uplink trucks, brought…
At the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research Division (PSCR), we are frequently asked about our relationship to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA)…
The update comes after the Legislature approved a $451M contract renewal. Florida first responders can now access the most tech-advanced communications system available with a new partnership from L3Harris Technologies and FirstNet from AT&T — the…
By John Hunt and Lori Stone, Senior Public Safety Advisors, First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) One thing the 9-1-1 community learned from the pandemic was the need to plan…
Device Location Now Used to Route 9-1-1 Calls and Dispatch First Responders to the Right Location Faster, Accomplishing Long-Standing FCC Policy Goal May 10, 2022 What’s the news? AT&T* is the…