Every hurricane season, first responders face great challenges as they protect their communities during these storms. The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) remains committed to ensuring responders have the…
Orders for Next Generation XP5 Plus and XP10 Smartphone in Summer and Fall 2022 PRESS RELEASE AUSTIN, Texas, May 5, 2022– Sonim Technologies (Nasdaq: SONM) today announced purchase orders totalling $9.5 million from a top U.S….
SD7 Ruggedized Devices and Accessories Certified and Approved for use on FirstNet�, Built with AT&T VANCOUVER, BC May 3, 2022 / Siyata Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:SYTA, SYTAW) (“Siyata” or the “Company“), a global vendor…
By James Careless It was the kind of funding news that many first responders were hoping for. On February 22, 2022, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposed using revenues from future…
By Dereck Orr I came to the Public Safety Communications Research Program (PSCR) as a program manager in 2002, after investigations into the emergency response to the events of 9/11 shed…
Apr 27, 2022, 13:00 ET PRESS RELEASE / NEWS NEW YORK, April 27, 2022 — RapidSOS, the emergency response data platform securely linking life-saving data from 400 million connected devices to…
APRIL 26, 2022 NEWS / PRESS RELEASE (RESTON, VA) – The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) today announced that Chief Executive Officer Edward Parkinson will be leaving the organization to pursue…
FirstNet gained 300,000 subscribers during the first quarter, meaning the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) boasts more than 3.3 million connections provided across more than 20,500 agencies, according to NPSBN…
By First Responder Network Authority Warren Mickens joined the FirstNet Authority Board(link is external) in October 2021, when he was appointed to a three-year term by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Mr. Mickens has…
It is a unified system that allows first responders to securely access and share animal information on FirstNet. New York, NY, April 11, 2022 – Following a rigorous review process, GPC…
FirstNet soon will offer 3GPP-standard mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service on Apple iOS devices, and the public-safety LTE network can deliver efficient one-to-many broadcast communications via evolved multimedia broadcast and multicast services…
One of the many signs of how dependent we’ve all become on constant connectivity is that, even in the face of natural disasters and other emergencies, people count on their…
A decade ago, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) was authorized under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 as an interoperable broadband network designed exclusively around the needs of…
FirstNet, Built with AT&T is the only nationwide wireless broadband communications platform dedicated to America’s first responders and public safety community. As America’s public safety communications partner, we’ve moved faster than anyone to…
The Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) and the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) hosted the FirstNet 10-Year Anniversary Celebration at the Press Club in Washington DC on February 22,…