Verizon Attempts Interoperability Coalition?
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant This is a message for Verizon and Andres Irlando, a Verizon senior vice president and president of the carrier’s Public Sector and Verizon Connect…
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Tests show FirstNet MegaRange effective for 20-plus miles in maritime scenario, AT&T says
FirstNet MegaRange—the new FirstNet offering that leverages high-power-user-equipment (HPUE) technology to extend the effective range of a cell site—delivered throughput speeds that could support multiple video streams during maritime tests…
Collaboration is Key for Interoperability in National Capital Region
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and FirstNet were created out of a need for interoperable communications among first responders. When major events and incidents occur, public safety agencies…
Gallup Police Department Implements Smartphone Body Cameras
Each smartphone is connected to FirstNet built with AT&T. On each smartphone, a software application is installed from Visual Labs, a Silicon Valley software company. The Visual Labs software is the only…
Public Safety Spectrum Alliance – Is the Public at Risk?
by Karl Wilmes, Police Chief (Ret) Public safety spectrum serves the mission critical communications needs of first responders charged with the protection of life and property, such as police, fire…
FirstNet: Making the Big Plays for Every Eventuality
By Jason Porter, Senior Vice President, FirstNet Program at AT&T What a difference a year makes. It’s a little-known secret within the first responder community that Pro Football’s Big Game each year…
FirstNet Authority Meets with Public Safety to Inform Review of Nashville Bombing
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) continues its after action review of the bombing of an AT&T building in Nashville, Tennessee, meeting last week with public safety officials and FirstNet subscribers…
APWA’s Top Five Trending Technologies in 2021: How FirstNet is expanding to support connective technologies
By First Responder Network Authority From smart cities to the Internet of Things to artificial intelligence capabilities, FirstNet has been an important driving factor behind integrating advanced technology solutions into…
VITAS® Healthcare Receives More Than 50,000 Healthcare Supplies From AT&T®
CORONA, Calif., Jan. 28, 2021 — Nearly 12,000 VITAS Healthcare professionals will benefit from a significant amount of supplies, including reusable face coverings and hand sanitizer, from AT&T. AT&T is a healthcare…
Cubic Announces FirstNet Ready™ Push-To-Talk Radio Gateway
Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions now offers push-to-talk interoperability between Land Mobile Radio and LTE networks January 27, 2021 04:07 PM Eastern Standard Time SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) today…
Airgain® Announces Nationwide General Availability of the First AirgainConnect® Platform Product
AirgainConnect AC-HPUE is now available for purchase and deployment nationwideProduct field trials have successfully concluded with multiple public safety agenciesAirgainConnect AC-HPUE is the first and only antenna-modem, built for FirstNet® MegaRange™,…
FirstNet adoption tops 15,000 agencies, 1.9 million connections, AT&T says
FirstNet provided more than 1.9 million LTE connections to more than 15,000 public-safety agencies as of the end of 2020, nationwide FirstNet contractor AT&T reported this week as part of…
Exclusively on FirstNet – New Virtually Seamless Interoperability and Unthrottled Priority Communication
January 26, 2021 The first-ever, nationwide mission-critical standards-based push-to-talk solution to launch in the U.S. now supports LTE interoperability with Land-Mobile Radio (LMR) systems. FirstNet® – America’s public safety network – now gives public safety agencies…
FirstNet Network Adoption Grows, New Mission-Ready Solutions Launch
The following is a statement from Edward Parkinson, CEO of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), on key network developments: The FirstNet Authority is pleased to see the adoption of…
FirstNet® Brings First Responders Innovative Mission-Ready Communications Tools
FirstNet® MegaRange™, Z-Axis, Compact Rapid Deployables, and LMR Interoperability for Push-To-Talk Solutions Launch to Help Public Safety on their Lifesaving Missions AT&T Innovation Earns Third Consecutive Frost & Sullivan Public…