FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2018 News Media Contact: April Ward (202) 853-5219 or (571) 665-6187 (Reston, VA) Today, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and the Department…
Officials in Wake County, North Carolina’s second most-populous county at more than 1 million residents, are gearing up to migrate from Verizon to FirstNet during the next 12 to 18…
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant By now everyone (to include the British since the story ran on BBC) knows that Verizon will, can and does throttle public safety users….
By Kevin Nida, First Responder Network Authority Senior Public Safety Advisor As wildfires are roaring across the West Coast, the need for connectivity amongst first responders is more crucial than…
By ATFN Staff Fifty years ago, the first 9-1-1 call was made in the United States. It’s been an integral part of Americans’ national trust ever since that an ambulance,…
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant I find it interesting that Verizon has said the problem occurred in the Customer Service Department. I do not believe that is correct and…
Verizon will lift all data caps on public safety workers for unlimited data plans in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii immediately after the company dramatically slowed down data speeds for Santa…
Earlier this month, AT&T announced their development of a long-awaited solution to the dire need for telecommunications by first-responders in hard-to-reach areas: Emergency Drop Kits. By Christopher Vondracek “This is…
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant Remember the Verizon commercial during the Super Bowl ( https://allthingsfirstnet.com/the-verizon-super-bowl-ad-is-problematic-heres-why/ ) telling the world how much they support public safety? Many times in the last year…
By Harry Markley, Senior Law Enforcement Advisor I was honored to participate in this year’s National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) Annual Conference in Hollywood, Florida. During the…
Fire Department had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response SOURCE: arstechnica.com DATE: August 21, 2018 Verizon Wireless’ throttling of a fire department that uses its data…
FirstNet Chairwoman Sue Swenson and Vice Chairman Jeff Johnson retired from the FirstNet board effective today, although both Swenson and Johnson—part of the original FirstNet board named in 2012—were eligible…
Last month AT&T announced it added FirstNet-dedicated digital spectrum to more than 2,500 sites across the country. By Christopher Vondracek The total number of public safety agencies now subscribed to the…