AT&T Helping Those Affected by Government Shutdown
AT&T January 9, 2019 For our customers affected by the shutdown, you are eligible for flexible payment options to keep your service running. Just because the government shut down, doesn’t…
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More Than 50,000 Square Miles of LTE Coverage Added Nationwide to Support AT&T and FirstNet Users
Band 14 Spectrum Deployed in More Than 500 Rural and Urban Markets Across the Country; FirstNet Connections Exceed 425,000+ PRESS RELEASE January 9, 2019 AT&T customers and FirstNet subscribers got…
Remembering Ed Reynolds, a FirstNet Pioneer
By Edward Parkinson, Acting CEO The First Responder Network Authority team is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Board member Ed Reynolds on New Year’s Day. Ed…
CenturyLink outage that hit 911 service spurs FCC investigation
The disruption affected 911 emergency services nationwide. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called the problem “particularly troubling” in its “breadth and duration.” SOURCE: cnet.com DATE: December 29, 2018 A nationwide outage…
Huge CenturyLink outage caused by bad networking card in Colorado
A widespread outage on CenturyLink’s cloud network that lasted almost two days and hampered emergency phone service in Washington and other states was caused by a faulty network management card,…
Dispatchers answered more than 4,500 texts in first year of Text-to-911
DATE: The first year of Minnesota’s statewide Text-to-911 system is showing that the service is saving lives and making it easier to contact first responders. SOURCE: Redwood Falls Gazette DATE:…
“911, What’s Your Emergency?” – Looking Ahead to the Next 50 Years of 911
By Mo Katibeh, AT&T Business CMO NextGen 911 solutions like AT&T ESInet™ offer increased reliability, resiliency and security when transferring calls based on location tracking or managing call volumes. All…
Next Paradigm Consulting Releases Grant Assistant Document for Colorado School Grants
PRESS RELEASE Las Vegas Nevada December 20, 2018 Next Paradigm Consulting in partnership with Bella Vita Consulting released today a grant assistance document to assist Colorado schools in applying for…
Operability is the key for Fresno County Sheriff
Margaret Mims Fresno County Sheriff “When I first heard about FirstNet, I thought, ‘here’s our opportunity to fix that problem.’” – Margaret Mims, Fresno County Sheriff Fresno County has urban…
AT&T and Cradlepoint Provide the First Step on the Path to 5G for First Responders and Businesses
Access to New Cradlepoint Routers Gives FirstNet and AT&T Users the Fastest Speeds Possible Today with an Upgradable Path to 5G in the Future PRESS RELEASE DALLAS, Dec. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —…
AT&T exec emphasizes 2018 response efforts during FirstNet board meeting
AT&T has deployed fulfilled 90 requests from FirstNet public-safety subscribers this year—several times more than the carrier fulfilled in its role as a commercial carrier the previous year, the AT&T…
911: A Look Back and a Look Forward
December 11, 2018 – 9:45 am By Lisa M. Fowlkes | Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau There is no higher priority at the FCC than promoting reliable 911…
FirstNet ‘primarily’ being used for voice communications to date, AT&T exec says
Most FirstNet public-safety subscribers are using their broadband connectivity to support voice communications, and AT&T is utilizing the installation of gear to support operations on the 700 MHz Band 14…
New FirstNet Chair Horowitz encouraged by progress, outlines ‘FirstNet 2.0’ plans
Leaders of U.S. public-safety organizations are “thrilled” with AT&T’s development of the FirstNet system and want the FirstNet Authority to continue its advocacy for first responders—a cornerstone of the organization’s…
VP of Public Safety Operations Talks RapidSOS
By Christopher Vondracek When Tom Guthrie served as Vice President of Smart Public Safety Solutions with Motorola Solutions, he first became aware of a small innovator in advanced emergency technology….