By First Responder Network Authority FirstNet Networks expand over three states. GEORGIA PRESS RELEASE READ HERE NORTH DAKOTA PRESS RELEASE READ HERE SOOUTH CAROLINA PRESS RELEASE READ HERE
This effort is made possible by FirstNet Built with AT&T along with the Motorola Solutions Foundation and Wrap Technologies. SOURCE: atlantadailyworld.com DATE: October 10, 2020 The inaugural National Faith &…
By Jason Porter, senior vice president, FirstNet Program at AT&T Empathy leads to change. Change starts with us. Recent national discussions on police reform have been largely focused on federal…
Company’s High-Power User Equipment (HPUE) is Optimized for Launch on FirstNet® in Early 2021. October 07, 2020 09:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN DIEGO–Assured Wireless Corporation (AWC), a leading developer of wireless…
A Report from the Police Executive Research Forum SOURCE: policeforum.org DATE: October 2020 IntroductionIn 2017, the First Responder Network Authority awarded a contract to AT&T to build and maintain FirstNet—the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1, 2020 LAS VEGAS, Nev.—The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), a coalition to protect public safety’s use of 4.9 GHz spectrum commends Commissioner Rosenworcel and Commissioner Starks…
By David Buchanan, Executive Director of Public Safety Advocacy, FirstNet Authority Last year saw the release of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Roadmap, the launch of network investment planning, and…
In stepped FirstNet SOURCE: politico.com DATE: September 30, 2020 TRIAL BY FIRE: When the coronavirus pandemic arrived, medical professionals scrambled to set up outdoor testing centers, telemedicine links and data hubs…
Georgia School District Uses FirstNet-Powered App to Launch Resource Delivery Program Amid Pandemic SOURCE: stonline.com DATE: October 1, 2020 With school re-opening plans varying from state-to-state and county-to-county, school officials…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2020 LAS VEGAS, Nev.—The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), a coalition to protect public safety’s use of mission-critical spectrum, including the 4.9 GHz Band, announcedthat…
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant In their FCC filing this week https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/109232757302914/4.9%20Ex%20Parte.pdf they stated “I reiterated Verizon’s opposition to late-filed proposals by some parties that have recently suggested an…
FirstNet One, recently completed its first real deployment providing public-safety communications, as the tethered the aerostat that acts as an LTE tower in the sky supported the response effort in…
SOURCE: sdpb.org DATE: September 24, 2020 The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office was looking for a missing man last fall in a remote, high-elevation part of the western Black Hills. Capt….
“Our biggest challenge is gaining access to sites” SOURCE: insidetowers.com DATE: September 25, 2020 FirstNet is not only helping first responders communicate in regular disasters, the broadband communications platform is…
Mississippi’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications with the addition of new, purpose-built FirstNet(link is external) cell sites as well as the addition of Band-14 to more…