Increased bandwidth, low latencies enable advanced tech and better agency coordination with public safety communications in 5G, according to interviews with Telit. By Randall D. Larson As cellular technology advances…
The town of Duck in North Carolina’s famed Outer Banks is in the midst of its busy season. During the summer, it swells from 400 permanent residents to as many…
“FirstNet is certainly part of a broader solution that we will be supporting DoJ with,” Schwartz said. “There are agencies within DoJ that are already using FirstNet—ATF is one of…
AT&T’s FirstNet 700 MHz Band 14 deployment was about 60% finished at the end of June, and the carrier giant hopes to reach the 70% completion mark by the end…
From 5G networks to specially equipped communications trucks and drones, the nation’s first responders have a growing arsenal of tech tools that keep them communicating during the worst kinds of…
“We’re pleased to support the FirstNet mission. This will help transform the way Guam and CNMI’s public safety and emergency officials share information quickly when they need to most.” –…
By Estee Woods Fire and police departments have been leveraging LTE to increase their response times, improve interdepartmental communications, and provide connections to FirstNet and other national public safety broadband networks….
FirstNet Authority board members likely will make multiple decisions annually to invest in the FirstNet system as the nationwide public-safety broadband system evolves, with enhancing the network core and improving…
The last thing police officers need is another device to lug around. Here’s how Samsung and Visual Labs are addressing the issue. A Samsung Galaxy S9 as a body camera….
The development of the first responder dedicated broadband network yields benefits for emergency response and communities at large. SOURCE: statetechmagazine.com Improving connectivity is the focus of new modernization efforts taking…
The challenges call for the drones to weigh less than 55 pounds and to be untethered. SOURCE: Urgent Communications DATE: July, 12, 2019 Terese Manley, prize competition and challenge specialist…
Obtain these three rights to implement FirstNet into your emergency response communications system By Tim Nowak One of the challenges observed after 9/11 concerned emergency response communications … particularly in…
Remarks by Edward Horowitz, FirstNet Authority Board Chair Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting Chicago, IL, July 10, 2019 PRESS RELEASE —As prepared for delivery…
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, July 9, 2019 At AT&T1, we invested more than $175 million in our wireless and wired networks in Washington, DC, during 2016-2018. These investments boost reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for residents…
By Dean Prochaska, Senior Director of Standards The June quarterly Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meetings in Newport Beach, CA addressed standards in several areas relevant to the evolution of…