Raleigh – Wake 9-1-1 Using AT&T ESInet
By Christopher Vondracek ESInet is making a more nimble 911 Center a possibility in North Carolina’s capital city. The City of Raleigh, North Carolina and Wake County, a 1 million…
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Long-awaited next-generation-911 cost study released
Upgrading U.S. public-safety answering points to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology will cost $9.5 billion to $12.7 billion during a 10-year period, according to a much-anticipated cost study released today…
FirstNet Fleet of Dedicated Deployable Network Assets Now Available to Public Safety Subscribers Nationwide
FirstNet Has Already Supported Public Safety Response Efforts at Nearly 100 Events and Incidents This Year DALLAS, Oct. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Public safety agencies subscribing to FirstNet now have…
Ed Parkinson Takes Over as acting CEO of FirstNet
By ATFN Staff writer The FirstNet Authority today announced the selection of Ed Parkinson as their new acting CEO. Parkinson is one of the first employees to join FirstNet in…
Virginia’s COMLINC: An example of a successful transition to a viable funding source
By Tom Gagnon With state and locality budgets facing increased pressure, the prospects of transitioning equipment purchased and maintained with grant funds to a budget line item can appear bleak. However,…
North Carolina city relies on FirstNet voice, data communications during Hurricane Florence
FirstNet provided the city of Whiteville, N.C., with critical voice and data communications throughout Hurricane Florence and subsequent flooding in the area, passing a “big test” regarding the resiliency and flexibility…
Sheriff Richard Stanek Named Vice Chair of FirstNet Board
September 21, 2018 (RESTON) – The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) announced today that Chair Edward Horowitz has named Sheriff Richard W. Stanek to be Vice Chair of the…
RapidSOS partners with Google to deliver improved wireless 911 caller location to PSAPs
RapidSOS announces a partnership with Google to deliver Android Emergency Location Service (ELS) information to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) for free, providing U.S. 911 centers with a method to access improved wireless-caller…
First responders get their own network, no throttling with FirstNet
Congested networks are more than an inconvenience for ordinary mobile-phone users. They can cost lives in natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and other situations that call for rapid coordination among emergency…
FirstNet on Display during Hurricane Florence
The nation’s first dedicated first responder’s communication network, FirstNet, was on display in a real way when Hurricane Florence dumped tumultuous rain on roadways, rivers and homes and ran sustained…
AT&T FirstNet Prepares for Hurricane Florence with Network Recovery Equipment
Press Release September 14, 2018 AT&T FirstNet is working to prepare and protect networks as Hurricane Florence starts to make landfall on the Carolinas. When it comes to storms and natural disasters,…
New Apple iPhones support operation on Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet
New iPhones announced by Apple this week are the device maker’s first products that support operation on 700 MHz Band 14—the spectrum licensed to FirstNet, which has contracted AT&T to build…
Commercial carriers commit to adopting technologies to improve 911 location accuracy
All four nationwide wireless carriers—AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint—will add device-based hybrid (DBH) location technologies that are designed to improve wireless emergency-caller location information, even within buildings, but public-safety officials…
New network, ‘FirstNet,’ to offer first responders more efficient communication
Chief Cassell says despite FEMA’s report on 1 October, which recommends FirstNet, it was already on the department’s radar because of its benefits. SOURCE: LasVegasNow.com DATE: August 30, 2018 From…
AT&T to launch 5G service in Las Vegas early next year
Las Vegas will be among the first cities to receive AT&T’s 5G mobile service when the company brings the high-speed technology to parts of the valley in February. SOURCE: Las…