WITC students lend hand in St. Croix County body-cam project
The body cameras are Kyocera smartphones that are used with the Visual Labs program that allows recordings to be uploaded through an app to the cloud immediately or once deputies…
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Local Deputies Receive Technological Upgrades
The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office has implemented technology upgrades with FirstNet – a groundbreaking new communications platform, Sheriff Tim Parker announced this week. SOURCE: www.hillsdale.net DATE: June 23, 2018 FirstNet…
FirstNet launches, giving police and firefighters a dedicated wireless network and infinite possibilities
“It’s given us some incredible communication,” said Brazos Sheriff Chris Kirk, “that we’ve been able to put to good use. It makes us much more efficient.” SOURCE: Washington Post DATE:…
FirstNet Momentum: More Than 1,000 Public Safety Agencies Subscribed
Public Safety Agencies Across the Country are Adopting Their Network, Seeing Immediate Benefits From Key Capabilities and Highly Reliable FirstNet Connections SOURCE: AT&T DATE: June 21, 2018 First responders championed…
Orem Utah All In with FirstNet
The Mayor of Orem, Utah, a city on the shores of Utah Lake and straddling a mountain range, says it’s in his town’s tradition to reach ahead and that’s why…
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council Publishes NPSBN Position Statement
NPSTC Supports FirstNet as THE Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network NPSTC NPSBN POSITION STATEMENT The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) strongly supports Public Law 112-96 (02/22/12) that sets forth…
FirstNet, AT&T announce nationwide availability of subscriber-paid/BYOD offering
Primary public-safety agencies with little or no budget to pay for their personnel to have broadband services can utilize a FirstNet subscriber-paid—or bring your own device (BYOD)—offering recently made available nationwide at…
Connect and Protect
Recent Webinar, Working Together to Connect and Protect, was hosted by NENA and sponsored by AT&T. By ATFN Staff Writer Before the National Emergency Number Association Conference (NENA) kicked off…
FirstNet Becomes Locally Available to First Responders, Opens Doors to 5,300+ AT&T Retail Locations Nationwide
Verified First Responders Can Sign Up for Service at Any of Our 5,300+ Locations Nationwide, or Anytime Online NEWS RELEASE PROVIDED BY AT&T Inc. Jun 11, 2018, 12:30 ET …
FirstNet Chair Sue Swenson Delivers Keynote at 2018 PSCR Stakeholder Meeting
Remarks by Sue Swenson, FirstNet Chair Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 5, 2018 Good morning everyone and welcome to America’s…
One of the largest Native American tribes implements FirstNet this week
One of the largest Native American tribes in America has become the first tribal community in the U.S. to implement FirstNet this week. By ATFN Staff Writer, The Oglala…
FirstNet Association Holds First Regional Event
The FirstNet Association (FNA) has announced their first event scheduled for June 29, 2018 in Minneapolis Minnesota. The event will be held at the Marriott Minneapolis West, 9960 Wayzata Blvd,…
AT&T’s new Flying COW drone to be all-weather disaster insurance
The drone was built by AT&T in public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), which has contracted with AT&T to provide a nationwide public safety network for first…
AT&T wants to meet FirstNet deployment targets sooner than expected, AT&T exec says
AT&T plans to deploy public-safety LTE service on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum more quickly than expected, with about one-third of the projected buildout to be completed by next April,…
LG’s V35 ThinQ Smartphone to come with Band 14 access
Starting Friday, First Responders will have another item on the menu of FirstNet-ready devices: the latest phone from South Korean electronics giant, LG. LG’s V35 ThinQ is the company’s newest…