FirstNet Bolsters Communications for Boston Marathon First Responders
Five years has made a world of difference to first responders on the ground in Boston on race day SOURCE: EMS1.com DATE: July 10, 2018 At this year’s Boston Marathon,…
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ETSI reports 92% interoperability success rate from MCPTT, MCDATA, MCVIDEO plugtests
Vendors from around the globe demonstrated significant interoperability during last week’s ETSI plugtests for mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT), mission-critical-data (MCDATA) and mission-critical-video (MCVIDEO), posting a 92% success rate overall, according to ETSI officials. SOURCE: Urgent Communications DATE: July…
AT&T Brings Upgraded Network To Vilas County
AT&T has upgraded it’s 4G LTE cell towers in the Northwoods. AT&T Wisconsin president Scott VanderSanden says the most recent upgrades at their towers in Conover and Long Lake are…
Rural PA Fire Company Captain Adopts FirstNet
Captain Justin Schrek considers himself a bit of a tech junkie and prides himself on becoming the first early adopter of FirstNet in Pennsylvania. He’s an emergency dispatch services employee by day, but he’s also the captain with Beaver Springs Fire Company.
LA-RICS transfers public-safety LTE network assets to AT&T for FirstNet deployment
Public-safety LTE cell sites built by the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) are transferred to AT&T, which is FirstNet’s contractor to build and maintain the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN). SOURCE:…
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…
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…