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FirstNet 10 Year Anniversary Celebration – Delivering FirstNets Promise
FirstNet 10 Year Anniversary Celebration – Awards Presentation
PSBTA Thanks Chairwoman Rosenworcel for Her Support of Public Safety
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE February 24, 2022 LAS VEGAS, Nev.— On Tuesday, the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) along with the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) hosted the ten-year…
Airgain® Receives Innovation Award From Public Safety Broadband Technology Association
PRESS RELEASE February 23, 2022 SAN DIEGO–AirGain Inc, a leading provider of advanced wireless connectivity technologies and systems used to enable high performance networking across a broad range of devices…
FirstNet at 10: A Decade of Dedication to Public Safety
By Edward Parkinson, CEO, First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Broadband has become the lifeblood of our economy. It is also essential to our national security and public safety, a…
Congressional watchdog urges lawmakers to act to save FirstNet
A new report from the Government Accountability Office urged members of Congress this week to find a permanent home for FirstNet, the country’s dedicated public safety broadband network, before the statute for…
Val Demings Champions the First Responder Network Authority
This week, U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., showcased her proposal to “prevent the sunset of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), a nationwide broadband network for public safety communications” which “was created to fulfill…
FirstNet success means no need for hypothetical ‘shots’ need to be fired, Swenson says
As public-safety officials today commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the FirstNet Authority being created, the deployment of the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) has proceeded well enough that no…
FirstNet, Built with AT&T Now Covers More First Responders than Any Network in the Country
America’s Public Safety Network Surpasses 2.81 Million Square Miles, Expands First Responder Access to 5G and Strengthens Commitment to Mission-Ready Infrastructure AT&T* is America’s public safety communications partner. In the…
FirstNet in the Field
How the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (PSBN)is Impacting First Responder Operationsand Supporting Innovations Report from the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) Please click HERE to access the full report
NEWS FirstNet buildout on Band 14 spectrum will be completed this year, AT&T says FirstNet buildout on Band 14 spectrum will be completed this year, AT&T says
AT&T will complete the initial buildout of FirstNet during this calendar year—several months ahead of schedule—according to a regulatory filing submitted this week by AT&T, which is contracted by the…
AT&T lands $167M, 5-year FEMA contract
As an existing FirstNet user, FEMA can use FirstNet’s wireless capabilities for redundant or alternate access to the data networks The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency…
First responder technology to utilize satellites for connectivity
The event marked the first official visit for the FirstNet board members to the Navajo Nation, which included FirstNet board Chair Stephen Benjamin and Vice Chair Chief Richard Carrizzo. TOHAJIILEE,…
FirstNet’s CEO on 5G, priorities in 2022 and what’s next
Edward Parkinson this year is celebrating a full decade of work on what is today FirstNet. SOURCE: lightreading.com DATE: February 10, 2022 Roughly ten years ago he was a staffer…