3 tips to adopting FirstNet
A West Virginia county takes a whole-community approach to implementing broadband By Lori Stone Matthew Gregg has served in his volunteer fire department in Mason County, West Virginia, for 20…
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AT&T to Unveil New Disaster Response Technology for RIEMA
Today, Governor Dan McKee, Director Marc Pappas of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) joined AT&T* at the RIEMA Readiness Center…
AT&T and Airgain Launch Promotional Program Providing Significant Cost Savings to Customers with Purchase of AirgainConnect®
AT&T Offering Service Credits for FirstNet® MegaRange™ in Select States While Airgain and its Channel Partners Offer an Additional MSRP Reduction for AirgainConnect August 10, 2021 04:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time…
Los Angeles Fire Department and County Department of Public Health Use FirstNet® to Improve Public Safety Communications
Safe Environment Engineering and FirstNet Expand First Responder Capabilities to BetterServe the City and County of Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, August 5, 2021 — FirstNet® and Safe Environment Engineering are…
Senators Markey and Rubio Applaud Commerce Committee Passage of “Secure Equipment Act”
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation will block technology manufactured by companies that pose a threat to national security FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington (August 4, 2021) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and…
FirstNet Creates Connections for First Responders Combatting Oregon’s Bootleg Fire
August 03, 2021 Wildland fires continue to burn at all-time highs. More than 90 wildfires – accounting for 1.8+ million acres – are currently raging across the United States according…
FirstNet and Wildfire Response Operations: 5 Things You Need to Know
By Billy Freeman, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority Wildland fires continue to burn at all-time highs. From January to July 2021, more than 2.6 million acres were burned(link…
FirstNet tops 2.5 million connections and 17,000 agencies, AT&T exec says
FirstNet continued its steady subscriber growth during the first half of the year, supporting more than 17,000 public-safety agencies with more than 2.5 million connections, according to an executive from…
Executive Spotlight: Jason Porter, President of AT&T Public Sector and FirstNet
by William McCormick ExecutiveBiz recently had a chance to sit down with Jason Porter, president of AT&T’s public sector and FirstNet, for its latest Executive Spotlight interview discussing his recent transition into the role as…
Imageware Authenticate Earns FirstNet® Verified™ Designation Now Available to FirstNet Subscribers
Imageware Authenticate is the Only Biometric MFA Solution in the First Responders’ FirstNet App Catalog SAN DIEGO, July 26, 2021 —Imageware®(OTCQB: IWSY) (“Imageware” or “the Company”), a leader in biometric identification and authentication,…
AT&T, Motorola collaborate on second MCPTT offering for FirstNet
FirstNet subscribers should have a choice of mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) services this winter, when a new offering from Motorola Solutions is expected to be available following a collaborative development effort with…
A plea to first responders: Join FirstNet to expand your communications options
How to make sound decisions about emergency communications systems in an ever-changing field By Martha Ellis Decision-making. We all have our methods, but how can you be sure you’re not…
FirstNet Enhances Public Safety Situational Awareness, Interoperability and Security Capabilities
Mission-Ready Solutions and Capabilities Launch: Motorola Solutions’ MCPTT, Interoperability and Critical Connect Services, Near Real-Time Drone and IoT Video Solution – Mission Keeper for FirstNet, NetMotion Virtual Private Network (VPN)…
AT&T Selected to Provide Connectivity Solutions for California
New Technologies Including High-Capacity Broadband and FirstNet® Accessible to Public Entities Improve Communications Throughout California July 15, 2021 • AT&T What’s the news? The California Network and Telecommunications (CALNET) Program awarded AT&T* contracts for 16 new service…
FirstNet App Catalog now Available on All Things FirstNet Website
A dedicated library of evaluated and approved mobile tools for first responders The FirstNet app catalog is a library of pre-evaluated and approved mobile apps dedicated to serving and supporting the…